The Scottish Government

Frequency of evening travel by bus

How safe from crime would feel then

Sample size ( = 100% )

Most days

At least once a week

At least once a month

Less than once a month

Never

Very Safe

Fairly Safe

Not partic-ularly Safe

Not safe at all

Don't know

row percentages

n =

All adults in 2003

3

7

3

8

79

14

39

13

8

26

13,968

by sex:

male

3

7

4

8

78

20

40

9

5

26

5,957

female

2

6

3

8

80

9

37

17

10

26

8,011

by age:

16 - 19

11

18

9

11

51

21

50

13

5

10

421

20 - 29

7

12

6

11

65

19

48

13

6

14

1,559

30 - 39

2

6

4

9

79

15

44

13

7

21

2,576

40 - 49

1

5

3

9

81

16

39

13

7

25

2,350

50 - 59

1

4

3

7

84

14

37

14

7

28

2,178

60 - 69

1

6

3

8

82

12

34

15

8

32

2,135

70 - 79

2

5

2

7

84

9

29

15

11

36

1,806

80 and over

1

2

1

4

92

6

20

13

17

44

943

by current situation ^$:

Self-employed

0

4

3

7

86

20

36

8

4

32

646

Employed full-time

3

6

4

10

77

19

43

11

4

22

4,628

Employed part-time

2

4

3

8

83

12

41

15

9

23

1,407

Looking after home / family

1

6

3

6

83

8

36

17

11

28

1,047

Permanently retired from work

1

5

2

7

85

9

29

15

11

35

4,283

Unemployed and seeking work

5

14

5

8

68

18

41

12

9

21

492

Higher / further education

12

17

9

12

50

20

54

14

5

7

407

Permanently sick or disabled

2

6

3

6

83

8

33

15

15

29

722

by socio-economic classification:

Higher managerial & prof. occs

1

5

5

14

75

22

45

9

3

21

666

Lower managerial and prof. occs

2

5

4

10

79

18

40

13

5

24

1,772

Intermediate occupations

3

8

4

11

75

12

44

17

7

20

902

Small employers & sole traders

1

3

3

5

88

18

34

8

5

36

265

Lower supervisory & tech. occs

4

5

4

7

81

19

43

11

4

24

771

Semi-routine occupations

5

9

3

7

75

16

44

14

6

20

1,121

Routine occupations

4

7

2

6

81

18

41

10

6

26

1,028

by urban / rural classification:

Large urban areas

4

11

5

11

69

11

39

16

11

23

4,996

Other urban areas

2

5

3

7

83

13

41

15

7

24

3,932

"Accessible" small towns

1

3

3

7

86

15

40

14

6

25

1,438

"Remote" small towns

2

1

2

6

89

22

33

4

1

39

668

"Accessible" rural areas

1

2

2

6

88

16

38

9

4

32

1,690

"Remote" rural areas

1

2

1

4

93

33

22

4

2

38

1,244

by frequency of driving:

Every day

0

2

2

7

89

15

38

12

6

29

5,533

At least three times a week

0

5

4

10

81

16

41

12

5

26

1,431

Once or twice a week

2

6

4

9

79

16

37

13

7

27

767

Less often

6

13

5

14

63

15

45

16

7

17

412

Never, but holds full driving lic.

6

13

5

12

63

14

46

15

7

18

817

by whether they hold a full driving licence:

Holds a full driving licence

1

4

3

8

84

16

39

13

6

27

8,707

Does NOT hold full driving lic.

5

12

5

8

69

12

38

15

11

24

5,256

by frequency of travel by bus in the evening:

Most days

25

59

13

2

1

320

At least once a week

23

67

9

2

0

901

At least once a month

26

60

10

2

1

465

Less than once a month

21

58

14

3

4

1,070

Never

12

33

14

9

32

11,176

All adults in each year

2001

2.4

7.2

4.1

9.6

76.4

21.5

44.3

12.0

6.0

16.2

14,643

2002

2.7

6.4

4.0

9.6

77.0

17.1

40.2

13.6

7.7

21.4

14,042

2003

2.5

6.5

3.5

8.3

78.9

14.2

38.5

13.5

7.7

26.1

13,968