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Table 14 Adults (16+) - frequency of travelling by train in the evening ("say between 7p.m. and 10 p.m.") and how safe from crime they felt, or would feel, or would feel, travelling by train in the evening: 2006

	Most days	At least once a week	At least once a month	Less than once a month	Never	Very Safe	Fairly Safe	Not particularly Safe	Not safe at all	Don't know	*Sample size (=100% )*
	Frequency of evening travel by train *					How safe from crime would feel then					*Sample size (=100% )*
	row percentages										n =
All adults in 2006	1	2	3	11	82	11	36	14	9	30	14,190
by sex:
male	1	2	4	11	81	18	40	9	4	29	6,096
female	0	2	3	10	83	6	33	18	12	31	8,094
by age:
16 - 19	2	7	9	17	64	18	42	12	5	22	433
20 - 29	2	4	6	12	73	15	42	13	7	23	1,578
30 - 39	1	2	4	12	79	13	42	14	6	25	2,325
40 - 49	1	1	3	12	81	13	41	14	8	25	2,459
50 - 59	0	1	3	11	83	12	36	13	9	30	2,366
60 - 69	0	1	2	8	88	8	31	16	11	33	2,237
70 - 79	0	1	1	7	90	6	27	14	10	42	1,833
80 and over	0	0	0	3	95	4	18	12	14	52	959
by current situation ^$:
Self-employed	1	1	3	9	83	19	39	9	5	29	719
Employed full-time	1	2	5	14	76	16	43	11	5	25	4,667
Employed part-time	1	1	3	11	83	8	36	19	10	28	1,459
Looking after home / family	0	1	1	8	89	5	32	20	13	30	903
Permanently retired from work	0	1	1	7	90	6	27	15	12	40	4,433
Unemployed and seeking work	1	2	3	7	85	14	37	14	8	28	524
Higher / further education	2	6	13	13	62	15	48	11	5	21	414
Permanently sick or disabled	0	2	2	6	88	8	26	16	16	34	787
by socio-economic classification:
Higher managerial & prof. occs	2	2	8	20	66	20	47	9	2	21	772
Lower managerial and prof. occs	1	2	6	16	73	14	44	13	6	24	2,443
Intermediate occupations	1	3	5	12	78	10	38	17	9	26	988
Small employers & sole traders	0	2	1	6	89	17	33	13	7	29	248
Lower supervisory & tech. occs	1	1	4	10	82	17	39	13	5	26	1,082
Semi-routine occupations	1	2	3	11	82	11	39	15	8	27	1,653
Routine occupations	0	2	2	7	87	15	36	13	7	29	1,293
by Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation quintiles:
1 (most deprived 20%)	1	2	2	6	87	7	29	16	15	33	2,989
2	1	2	4	10	82	11	37	17	9	26	2,841
3	0	1	3	10	84	12	34	13	7	34	3,148
4	0	1	4	12	81	13	39	11	6	30	2,703
5 (least deprived 20%)	1	2	5	15	75	13	43	13	5	26	2,506
by urban / rural classification:
Large urban areas	1	2	4	10	80	9	36	12	11	32	5,004
Other urban areas	1	2	4	13	79	11	39	18	9	23	4,139
"Accessible" small towns	0	1	4	9	85	12	41	18	7	22	1,312
"Remote" small towns	0	1	3	9	86	20	33	8	4	36	724
"Accessible" rural areas	1	1	2	9	85	12	34	13	7	34	1,663
"Remote" rural areas	0	0	1	5	92	20	25	7	3	45	1,348
by frequency of driving ¹:
Every day	0	1	3	12	83	13	41	14	7	25	5,338
At least three times a week	1	1	5	12	80	12	39	12	5	31	1,671
Once or twice a week	1	2	4	12	78	14	37	11	8	29	886
Less often	1	4	5	17	71	15	39	13	6	27	379
Never, but holds full driving lic.	1	1	2	10	84	9	37	12	9	33	711
by whether they hold a full driving licence:
Holds a full driving licence	1	1	4	12	81	13	40	13	7	27	8,985
Does NOT hold full driving lic.	1	3	3	8	83	9	30	15	13	35	5,204
by frequency of travel by train in the evening:
Most days						48	38	12	2	0	76
At least once a week						29	61	6	3	1	212
At least once a month						22	66	9	2	1	432
Less than once a month						20	59	12	4	5	1,378
Never						9	32	15	10	34	11,830

* A small percentage of adults did not know, or would not say, how often they travelled by bus in the evening
$ 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"
1. Includes only those who hold a full driving licence.

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