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Table 9 Adults (16+) - with reported expenditure on public transport fares * in the previous seven days: July 2005 to December 2006

Expenditure on public transport fares in the previous seven days

Sample size
(=100%)

£1 to

£6 to

£11 to

£16 to

£21 to

£26

For those reporting expenditure …

£5

£10

£15

£20

£25

+

Median

Average

row percentages

(£'s)

(£'s)

n =

All adults (16+) reporting expenditure *

36

28

14

8

3

11

8

14.03

5,226

by sex:

men

33

27

14

9

4

13

10

15.60

2,024

women

37

28

14

7

3

10

8

12.99

3,202

by age:

16 - 19

39

28

12

10

4

8

8

11.56

391

20 - 29

26

29

17

11

4

13

10

15.79

1,058

30 - 39

33

29

16

7

5

10

9

13.77

1,129

40 - 49

36

26

15

7

3

12

9

14.89

1,034

50 - 59

38

29

13

6

3

11

8

13.39

941

60 - 69

49

24

6

6

1

14

6

15.54

367

70 - 79

55

22

12

6

0

5

5

9.89

228

80 and over

59

26

4

1

2

8

5

8.67

78

by current situation $:

Self-employed

34

25

8

14

2

17

10

20.48

175

Employed full-time

30

26

16

9

5

14

10

16.29

2,108

Employed part-time

36

33

15

6

3

7

7

11.29

703

Looking after home / family

43

29

11

7

1

8

7

10.92

488

Permanently retired from work

52

25

8

5

1

9

5

12.57

603

Unemployed and seeking work

44

27

13

11

2

3

6

9.25

338

Higher / further education

22

32

21

6

4

15

10

16.35

352

Permanently sick or disabled

41

28

13

7

1

10

7

12.25

247

by annual net household income:

up to £ 10,000

43

29

13

6

2

7

7

10.98

1,155

over £ 10,000, up to £ 15,000

35

27

17

9

3

8

9

11.58

1,092

over £ 15,000, up to £ 20,000

34

28

15

9

3

11

9

14.50

769

over £ 20,000, up to £ 25,000

36

29

14

8

3

10

8

13.25

536

over £ 25,000, up to £ 30,000

37

26

14

7

5

11

8

14.91

450

over £ 30,000, up to £ 40,000

34

26

13

8

4

14

10

15.69

639

over £ 40,000

28

26

12

10

5

19

10

20.10

443

by urban / rural classification:

Large urban areas

35

29

16

7

3

10

9

13.27

2,636

Other urban areas

37

28

11

7

4

12

8

13.69

1,510

"Accessible" small towns

39

21

19

9

2

10

9

16.27

400

"Remote" small towns

33

24

10

14

5

14

10

16.31

147

"Accessible" rural areas

33

24

12

9

5

18

10

17.25

372

"Remote" rural areas

32

26

13

12

2

16

10

15.81

161

$ 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"
* excluding those who did not spend anything on public transport in the previous seven days ( i.e. £0 is excluded) or who did not know how much they had spent.
Note the exclusion of all those whose only public transport journeys were made free of charge, using concessionary travel passes.
In addition, any cases for which the amount reported was over £500 have been excluded from the calculation of the medians and the averages

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