Statistical Bulletin Trn/2006/1 Transport across Scotland in 2003 and 2004: some Scottish Household Survey results for parts of Scotland

Table 8 Adults - frequency of walking ¹ in the previous seven days: 1999/2000 to 2003/2004

		No days	1 - 2	3 - 5	6 - 7	1 + days	No days	1 - 2	3 - 5	6 - 7	1 + days
		As a means of transport (i.e. to go somewhere - e.g. work, shopping or friends)					Just for pleasure or to keep fit (incl. jogging and walking a dog)					Sample size (=100%)


row percentages												n =
All Scotland	99/00	48	19	19	15	52	59	16	11	13	41	28,298
	01/02	46	19	22	14	54	58	18	12	13	42	28,633
	03/04	46	17	21	15	54	56	17	13	14	44	28,663
Large urban areas	99/00	42	20	22	16	58	64	15	10	10	36	9,478
	01/02	40	19	26	16	60	64	17	10	9	36	10,270
	03/04	41	17	25	17	59	64	15	11	10	36	10,414
Other urban areas	99/00	46	20	19	15	54	62	16	10	13	38	8,769
	01/02	44	21	22	13	56	58	18	12	12	42	8,335
	03/04	45	19	22	14	55	55	17	14	14	45	8,051
"Accessible" small towns	99/00	45	19	20	15	55	56	17	13	15	44	2,715
	01/02	46	20	19	15	54	54	18	12	16	46	2,932
	03/04	46	18	20	16	54	52	18	14	16	48	2,962
"Remote" small towns	99/00	44	18	20	17	56	51	19	14	16	49	1,364
	01/02	49	17	21	14	51	47	21	16	16	53	1,288
	03/04	49	17	19	14	51	48	20	14	19	52	1,319
"Accessible" rural areas	99/00	62	15	13	10	38	50	19	12	19	50	3,524
	01/02	60	16	13	11	40	48	18	14	20	52	3,264
	03/04	59	15	14	12	41	47	19	14	20	53	3,437
"Remote" rural areas	99/00	64	12	12	12	36	47	19	15	19	53	2,438
	01/02	61	15	14	10	39	45	20	14	20	55	2,498
	03/04	65	13	11	11	35	44	18	15	23	56	2,477
Central & Tay	99/00	47	19	20	14	53	53	19	12	16	47	2,648
	01/02	44	20	23	12	56	55	15	15	15	45	2,667
	03/04	45	15	24	16	55	50	15	18	16	50	2,519
Highlands & Islands ^{( # )}	99/00	52	16	17	15	48	48	17	16	19	52	3,318
	01/02	55	16	18	11	45	45	20	15	19	55	3,454
	03/04	56	15	16	13	44	42	20	17	21	58	3,300
North East	99/00	49	21	18	12	51	58	17	12	13	42	2,228
	01/02	48	20	21	12	52	58	18	13	11	42	2,289
	03/04	53	17	19	12	47	57	18	12	13	43	2,224
Shetland	99/00	53	20	13	13	47	60	17	11	11	40	521
	01/02	49	19	19	14	51	55	23	9	12	45	605
	03/04	54	16	16	14	46	46	23	15	15	54	637
South East	99/00	44	19	21	16	56	57	18	11	15	43	7,879
	01/02	42	20	21	16	58	55	20	11	13	45	7,755
	03/04	42	19	22	17	58	55	18	13	15	45	8,063
South West	99/00	57	16	12	14	43	53	18	10	19	47	842
	01/02	46	19	18	17	54	53	18	10	19	47	775
	03/04	51	19	16	15	49	46	18	14	22	54	783
West ^{( # )}	99/00	48	18	19	15	52	66	14	10	10	34	10,862
	01/02	45	18	23	14	55	63	17	10	10	37	11,088
	03/04	46	16	23	15	54	62	15	11	11	38	11,137

1. The number of days, in the previous seven days, on which the person made a trip of more than a quarter of a mile by foot for the specified purpose. An answer of "unable" is counted as "0 days"; one of "don't know" is excluded.
( # ) the figures for this area are approximate - see section A.7 of the text

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