Household Transport in 2006: Some Scottish Household Survey Results

Table 5 Drivers who make each type of journey¹- percentages who always use a car: 2005 and 2006

by sex:
	Shopping for small amounts of food	Super- market shopping	Town centre shopping	Evenings out for leisure purposes	Visit friends and relatives	Go to see GP	Go to library	minimum sample as base for percent ²
	percentage of those who make the specified type of journey							n =
All drivers who make the journey	51	90	60	50	69	64	51	5,843
men	49	88	62	48	69	64	49	2,797
women	52	92	59	51	68	64	53	3,046
by age:
17 - 19	39	70	48	42	56	60	33	49
20 - 29	45	83	53	38	60	60	42	591
30 - 39	45	89	59	42	63	59	47	1,220
40 - 49	55	91	64	48	70	66	55	1,289
50 - 59	51	91	65	52	71	67	51	1,040
60 - 69	51	91	59	60	74	64	53	934
70 - 79	58	90	57	66	78	71	57	562
80 and over	56	88	53	58	74	68	62	155
by current situation ^$:
Self-employed	56	88	69	55	71	71	55	443
Employed full-time	49	90	60	43	67	63	48	2,464
Employed part-time	50	92	60	49	68	62	53	747
Looking after home / family	50	91	62	59	70	63	54	334
Permanently retired from work	54	91	58	63	75	66	55	1,408
Unemployed and seeking work	42	82	59	46	66	59	42	98
Higher / further education	35	68	38	34	49	48	37	161
Permanently sick or disabled	67	90	74	59	76	76	58	132
by annual net household income:
up to £ 10,000	52	85	56	51	69	64	52	830
over £ 10,000, up to £ 15,000	52	90	61	54	71	66	51	874
over £ 15,000, up to £ 20,000	48	89	61	52	69	63	51	851
over £ 20,000, up to £ 25,000	51	90	64	50	71	65	54	721
over £ 25,000, up to £ 30,000	51	90	61	48	70	62	50	745
over £ 30,000, up to £ 40,000	52	91	61	45	67	63	47	974
over £ 40,000	49	91	58	49	66	67	54	861
by urban / rural classification:
Large urban areas	44	84	38	38	65	58	41	1,756
Other urban areas	50	91	64	48	69	67	53	1,614
"Accessible" small towns	46	92	69	52	68	54	42	618
"Remote" small towns	40	81	56	36	54	55	41	285
"Accessible" rural areas	66	97	85	73	79	75	70	888
"Remote" rural areas	66	93	86	67	74	77	67	681
by frequency of driving:
Every day	56	93	66	52	73	71	58	3,731
At least three times a week	43	90	55	49	66	57	43	1,197
Once or twice a week	37	82	45	42	58	45	31	616
Less often	26	51	32	35	42	30	23	299
sample size	7,819	7,980	7,886	7,847	8,124	8,016	5,843

1 Adults who hold a full driving licence (excluding any who had said that they "never" drive nowadays) who said that they made each type of journey
2 As different numbers of drivers made each type of journey, these are the numbers of drivers in the sample who went to the library - because, of the different types of journey about which the interviewers asked, that was the one which had the smallest number of drivers in the sample who had made it.
$ There are also small numbers described as "at school", "on Government work or training scheme", "unable to work due to short-term ill-health" or "other"
* A percentage has not been given, because it would be based on information which the SHS obtained in respect of fewer than 100 people.

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