Table 12.6 Average length of trip by purpose
Scottish residents *
| 1985/86 | 1989/91 | 1992/94 | 1995/97 | 1998/2000 | 2002/03 |
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miles |
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Commuting | 5.4 | 6.2 | 6.5 | 7.8 | 8.3 | | 7.7 |
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Business | 19.4 | 18.0 | 22.0 | 18.2 | 21.9 | | 23.1 |
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Education | 1.6 | 2.3 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 3.1 | | 2.6 |
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Escort education | 1.4 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 1.9 | 2.6 | | 1.8 |
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Shopping | 2.9 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 4.1 | 4.5 | | 4.7 |
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Other personal business or other escort | 3.3 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 5.1 | 5.4 | | 4.8 |
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Visting friends at home | 6.2 | 8.2 | 6.2 | 8.4 | 7.7 | | 8.7 |
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Visiting friends elsewhere | 4.6 | 4.5 | 5.3 | 5.2 | 5.3 | | 5.3 |
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Sport / entertainment | 5.2 | 6.1 | 5.6 | 7.1 | 8.0 | | 7.1 |
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Holiday / day trip | 33.5 | 31.3 | 26.5 | 36.1 | 31.0 | | 30.1 |
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Other (including "just walk") | 1.3 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 1.2 | | 1.0 |
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All purposes | 4.8 | 5.7 | 5.6 | 6.5 | 6.8 | | 6.7 |
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* Some of the results are based upon a small number of trips in the sample, and so may be subject to large percentage sampling errors. As a result, there may be some apparently large, and potentially misleading, percentage changes between periods. As mentioned in the text, NTS results for Scotland should be regarded as broad indicators rather than precise measures.