The Scottish Government

No direct route

Lack of service

Inconv-enient

Need a car for/at work

Work unsoci-able hours

Takes too long

Use my own car

Too infreq-uent

Sample size (=100%)

row percentages

All people aged 16+

36

32

26

21

20

15

15

6

10,289

by sex:

men

35

30

26

25

24

15

14

6

5,580

women

38

35

26

17

16

16

16

7

4,709

by age ³:

16 - 19

42

50

20

4

25

9

1

7

96

20 - 29

38

31

26

15

23

18

17

7

1,367

30 - 39

37

31

28

21

22

17

15

5

3,289

40 - 49

35

32

25

24

19

15

15

6

2,911

50 - 59

35

34

24

23

17

13

14

7

2,101

60 - 69

31

31

23

18

19

12

16

8

492

by current situation:

Self-employed

23

27

28

40

15

12

19

6

680

Employed full-time

37

32

26

21

22

16

14

6

7,689

Employed part-time

36

34

25

13

15

14

16

7

1,920

by socio-economic classification ⁴:

Higher managerial & prof. occs

41

26

22

36

11

24

16

8

198

Lower managerial and prof. occs

38

28

20

28

17

18

13

4

613

Intermediate occupations

45

33

23

10

21

19

12

7

218

Small employers & sole traders

47

32

15

29

11

21

21

6

57

Lower supervisory & tech. occs

36

26

17

20

22

12

10

4

249

Semi-routine occupations

31

32

16

11

32

15

12

7

277

Routine occupations

30

27

14

15

26

16

9

7

309

by annual net household income:

up to £ 10,000

32

34

25

13

20

11

14

8

698

over £ 10,000, up to £ 15,000

35

33

25

17

24

14

13

7

1,644

over £ 15,000, up to £ 20,000

35

31

25

17

24

14

14

6

1,987

over £ 20,000, up to £ 25,000

35

32

27

20

20

16

14

6

1,992

over £ 25,000, up to £ 30,000

35

32

26

24

22

15

16

5

1,474

over £ 30,000, up to £ 40,000

38

32

26

25

17

17

16

6

1,574

over £ 40,000

41

32

25

30

11

19

17

6

848

by urban / rural classification:

Large urban areas

39

16

28

28

19

20

18

4

2,183

Other urban areas

38

24

29

22

23

17

15

5

3,032

Small "accessible" towns

36

31

24

20

22

15

13

5

1,225

Small "remote" towns

32

43

26

12

20

6

13

9

551

"Accessible" rural areas

34

50

24

17

17

14

14

9

1,889

"Remote" rural areas

24

64

15

13

17

4

13

12

1,401

by distance between home and work:

Less than 1 km

32

31

20

18

13

7

16

4

1,042

1 to less than 2 km

32

27

23

18

17

8

15

4

1,008

2 to less than 3 km

32

29

26

17

20

12

16

6

687

3 to less than 5 km

35

31

26

18

25

12

14

8

1,033

5 to less than 10 km

33

33

24

23

22

16

15

5

1,893

10 to less than 15 km

37

33

28

23

22

16

14

8

1,297

15 to less than 20 km

42

36

29

19

23

17

14

6

848

20 to less than 40 km

41

35

28

22

21

22

14

7

1,334

Over 40 km

47

38

32

28

15

28

19

6

542

by usual method of travel to work:

Driver of car / van

36

31

26

23

20

16

16

6

9,158

Passenger in car / van

37

38

28

7

20

13

5

7

1,131