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Statistical Bulletin Transport Series - Trn/2005/1: Bus and Coach Statistics: 2003-04
Table 23 Main reason for not using buses more often: April to December 2003 1
Adults (16+) who said that they had used their local bus service at most "about once a week" in the past month - or not at all, and who gave only one reason or provided a main reason
| Men | Women | All | 16-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50-59 | 60-69 | 70-79 | 80+ |
Sample size | n = | 3,157 | 3,850 | 7,007 | 165 | 690 | 1,384 | 1,291 | 1,177 | 1,028 | 784 | 488 |
Use own car | 24% | 22% | 23% | 10% | 24% | 25% | 24% | 23% | 26% | 21% | 11% |
No need | 17% | 15% | 16% | 30% | 17% | 14% | 13% | 14% | 18% | 19% | 17% |
Health reasons | 6% | 10% | 8% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 3% | 6% | 10% | 24% | 43% |
Takes too long | 7% | 6% | 7% | 11% | 10% | 9% | 9% | 6% | 3% | 2% | 1% |
Inconvenient | 7% | 7% | 7% | 3% | 6% | 9% | 8% | 10% | 6% | 4% | 0% |
Lack of service | 7% | 7% | 7% | 3% | 6% | 6% | 8% | 8% | 8% | 6% | 3% |
Prefer to walk | 5% | 6% | 6% | 9% | 8% | 6% | 6% | 5% | 6% | 5% | 3% |
No direct route | 4% | 4% | 4% | 6% | 4% | 5% | 5% | 4% | 3% | 1% | 1% |
Need car for / at work | 5% | 2% | 3% | 0% | 2% | 4% | 6% | 5% | 2% | 0% | 0% |
Live centrally, in walking dist. | 3% | 4% | 3% | 5% | 6% | 3% | 2% | 4% | 4% | 4% | 3% |
Cost | 2% | 3% | 3% | 8% | 3% | 4% | 3% | 4% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Too infrequent | 2% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 1% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 1% |
Work unsocial / unusual hrs | 2% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 1% | 2% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 0% |
Public transport unreliable | 1% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 0% |
Difficult access, on-off steps | 1% | 2% | 1% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 1% | 4% | 8% |
Too much to carry, awkward | 1% | 2% | 1% | 0% | 1% | 3% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% |
Dislike waiting about | 1% | 1% | 1% | 3% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 0% |
Long walk to bus stop | 1% | 2% | 1% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 2% | 3% |
Uncomfortable | 0% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 1% |
Other reason not specified | 3% | 4% | 4% | 3% | 4% | 3% | 3% | 4% | 3% | 4% | 5% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
1 Only from April 2003 have interviewers asked respondents who gave more than one reason to identify the main reason
With effect from April 2003, anyone who answered "inconvenient" or "use my own car" was asked why they said that, and the follow up answers were recorded. Hence the figures are on a different basis to previous years.
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