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Table 26 Pupils in full time education at school, who usually travel to school by car/van - could they use public transport, reasons why they do not and reasons why they cannot #: 2001 to 2006
| Primary
(4 - 11 years) | Secondary
(12 - 18 years) | All ages |
|---|
column percentages |
by whether they could use public transport: |
|---|
Could use public transport | 27 | 55 | 35 |
|---|
Could not use public transport | 72 | 43 | 64 |
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All (including "don't knows") | 100 | 100 | 100 |
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sample size (=100%) | n = | 3,027 | 1,192 | 4,219 |
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if they could use public transport, reasons why they do not 1: |
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Too young to travel on own | 56 | 7 | 36 |
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No service available | 6 | 5 | 6 |
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Inconvenient | 33 | 45 | 38 |
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Too far to bus stop | 3 | 6 | 4 |
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Cost/ too expensive | 7 | 11 | 9 |
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Too short a distance/ not worth it | 7 | 5 | 6 |
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Prefer to use car | 32 | 52 | 40 |
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Other reasons 2 | 42 | 46 | 43 |
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All for whom a reason is available | 100 | 100 | 100 |
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sample size (=100%) | n = | 610 | 500 | 1,110 |
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if they could not use public transport, reasons why they cannot 1: |
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Too young to travel on own | 44 | 5 | 38 |
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No service available | 50 | 70 | 54 |
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Inconvenient | 9 | 16 | 11 |
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Too far to bus stop | 4 | 5 | 4 |
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Cost/ too expensive | 1 | 2 | 1 |
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Too short a distance/ not worth it | 14 | 10 | 13 |
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Prefer to use car | 6 | 10 | 6 |
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Other reasons | 5 | 12 | 7 |
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All for whom a reason is available |
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sample size (=100%) | n = | 1,894 | 407 | 2,301 |
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# The percentages may total more than 100, because respondents can give more than one reason
1. The interviewers also recorded that some people gave other reasons, which were not identified separately in the interviewers' code-lists. Excluding those who gave no reason, or who were not asked for the reasons (with effect from 2005, reasons are only sought in the case of a sub-sample)
2. Most of the cases for which the SHS contractors coded unspecified "other" reasons are from interviews which were conducted in 2001, 2002 and 2003
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