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Statistical Bulletin Transport Series - Trn/2005/1: Bus and Coach Statistics: 2003-04

Table 27 Adults (16+) - percentage of their journeys which were made by bus, and percentage who reported making 1+ journeys by bus on the day before the interview: 2003

% of all journeys which were made by bus

sample size (journeys)

% adults made bus journeys prev. day

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thur

Fri

Sat

Sun

All days

cell percentages

All adults in 2003

10%

11%

11%

9%

12%

10%

5%

10%

26,790

10%

by sex

Male

8%

8%

10%

9%

9%

8%

5%

8%

11,903

9%

Female

12%

13%

11%

10%

13%

11%

5%

11%

14,887

12%

by age

16 - 19

15%

22%

24%

21%

22%

30%

14%

21%

799

23%

20 - 29

11%

16%

13%

9%

15%

13%

6%

12%

3,320

14%

30 - 39

8%

7%

7%

8%

3%

4%

4%

6%

5,886

7%

40 - 49

7%

7%

6%

7%

6%

6%

2%

6%

5,377

7%

50 - 59

8%

9%

6%

7%

10%

6%

3%

7%

4,557

8%

60 - 69

11%

12%

16%

11%

20%

12%

5%

12%

3,725

11%

70 - 79

20%

21%

18%

21%

25%

23%

4%

19%

2,311

12%

80 and over

20%

16%

25%

20%

26%

20%

6%

20%

815

9%

by current situation 1

Self-employed

3%

0%

2%

2%

4%

0%

0%

1%

1,489

2%

Full-time employment

7%

9%

9%

8%

8%

7%

5%

7%

11,060

10%

Part-time employment

9%

9%

10%

4%

6%

6%

2%

7%

3,287

9%

Looking after home / family

10%

13%

7%

7%

11%

6%

3%

8%

1,959

8%

Permanently retired from work

15%

15%

17%

16%

22%

17%

5%

16%

5,781

11%

Unemployed and seeking work

15%

10%

11%

13%

5%

15%

15%

12%

822

10%

Higher / further education

16%

24%

21%

16%

17%

36%

8%

21%

835

21%

Permanently sick or disabled

16%

20%

16%

12%

18%

11%

7%

15%

941

10%

by socio-economic classification:

Higher managerial & prof. occs

6%

5%

3%

1%

4%

1%

4%

3%

1,691

5%

Lower managerial and prof. occs

7%

5%

7%

3%

4%

5%

2%

5%

4,539

7%

Intermediate occupations

6%

11%

12%

9%

12%

3%

3%

9%

2,109

12%

Small employers & sole traders

1%

2%

0%

4%

5%

0%

0%

2%

601

3%

Lower supervisory & tech. occs

6%

9%

11%

9%

4%

3%

7%

7%

1,738

9%

Semi-routine occupations

7%

14%

12%

13%

13%

19%

7%

12%

2,452

14%

Routine occupations

12%

9%

10%

8%

11%

8%

7%

9%

2,180

11%

by annual net household income

up to £ 10,000

21%

21%

19%

18%

22%

21%

8%

19%

5,651

14%

over £ 10,000, up to £ 15,000

12%

13%

17%

11%

21%

21%

6%

14%

5,018

13%

over £ 15,000, up to £ 20,000

10%

10%

13%

16%

7%

9%

3%

10%

4,106

10%

over £ 20,000, up to £ 25,000

6%

10%

7%

6%

12%

5%

4%

7%

3,330

9%

over £ 25,000, up to £ 30,000

6%

5%

7%

2%

5%

2%

3%

4%

2,763

6%

over £ 30,000, up to £ 40,000

6%

6%

3%

5%

6%

4%

5%

5%

3,282

7%

over £ 40,000

4%

5%

4%

4%

4%

2%

2%

3%

2,111

6%

by type of area

Large urban areas

17%

17%

17%

15%

17%

15%

7%

15%

9,200

15%

Other urban areas

8%

10%

8%

7%

11%

4%

4%

8%

7,866

9%

"Accessible" small towns

5%

6%

5%

8%

8%

7%

1%

6%

2,763

7%

"Remote" small towns

0%

1%

4%

8%

2%

12%

1%

4%

1,292

3%

"Accessible" rural areas

3%

4%

6%

3%

7%

4%

4%

4%

3,425

5%

"Remote" rural areas

5%

6%

4%

4%

3%

1%

0%

3%

2,244

4%

sample size (journeys)2

4,857

4,741

4,178

3,404

3,443

2,059

4,108

26,790

all adults in each year

1999

11.0%

9.0%

9.9%

11.4%

10.0%

9.5%

3.4%

9.3%

28,396

10.5%

2000

10.6%

11.0%

11.1%

9.9%

9.2%

11.4%

3.9%

9.7%

28,649

10.7%

2001

10.9%

10.6%

11.1%

12.0%

10.5%

8.7%

3.2%

9.8%

28,519

10.6%

2002

9.3%

11.5%

12.2%

11.8%

12.5%

10.4%

4.4%

10.5%

26,944

11.0%

2003

10.0%

10.7%

10.6%

9.4%

11.6%

9.6%

4.6%

9.7%

26,790

10.2%

1. There are also small numbers described as "at school", "on Government work or training scheme", "unable to work due to short-term ill-health" and "other".
2. As in other tables, these are the sample sizes before reweighting. The Travel Diary reweighting adjusts for the uneven spread of interviews across the days of the week

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