Household Transport in 2006: Some Scottish Household Survey Results

Table 7 Drivers who always make particular types of journey by car ¹ - percentages who said that it would be "very easy" or "fairly easy" to use another means of transport: 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
	percentages							n =
All drivers who always go by car	49	18	32	22	19	37	37	3,044
men	51	20	32	23	18	37	39	1,407
women	48	16	31	22	19	36	36	1,637
by age:
17 - 19	85	39	59	33	38	57	42	15
20 - 29	60	25	39	30	26	45	47	254
30 - 39	54	17	34	27	24	40	41	589
40 - 49	51	16	31	23	18	39	40	706
50 - 59	46	17	32	20	15	36	36	546
60 - 69	47	20	29	21	16	33	35	505
70 - 79	38	17	22	16	14	25	21	324
80 and over	21	11	12	8	11	19	20	103
by current situation ^$:
Self-employed	41	16	26	18	16	32	31	254
Employed full-time	58	19	37	27	20	43	44	1,198
Employed part-time	51	12	31	21	18	36	40	405
Looking after home / family	45	15	27	20	19	31	32	179
Permanently retired from work	40	18	24	17	15	27	27	797
Unemployed and seeking work	61	31	26	26	19	45	46	44
Higher / further education	46	26	37	25	21	39	39	60
Permanently sick or disabled	20	15	16	16	13	20	20	77
by annual net household income:
up to £ 10,000	49	22	27	19	19	34	30	445
over £ 10,000, up to £ 15,000	47	20	31	20	19	34	36	459
over £ 15,000, up to £ 20,000	46	19	29	21	19	33	35	434
over £ 20,000, up to £ 25,000	52	20	35	23	20	39	38	393
over £ 25,000, up to £ 30,000	54	17	33	24	18	41	43	381
over £ 30,000, up to £ 40,000	50	16	34	23	19	40	40	474
over £ 40,000	48	13	30	24	15	35	37	360
by urban / rural classification:
Large urban areas	63	21	44	32	22	43	49	711
Other urban areas	58	22	42	27	22	44	46	844
"Accessible" small towns	55	16	30	21	18	49	43	261
"Remote" small towns	64	23	35	28	25	43	50	126
"Accessible" rural areas	27	9	17	11	9	19	17	607
"Remote" rural areas	18	8	12	10	10	13	15	494
by frequency of driving:
Every day	51	17	33	23	19	39	39	2,232
At least three times a week	44	18	25	19	16	32	33	543
Once or twice a week	43	21	35	27	20	32	31	204
Less often	44	20	20	20	20	28	33	65
sample size	3,994	7,134	4,837	3,981	5,574	5,186	3,044

1 Adults who hold a full driving licence (excluding any who had said that they "never" drive nowadays) who said that they always made each type of journey by car
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"

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