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Annex 1 Topics covered by the Scottish Household Survey: 1999 to 2006

This Annex lists all the "Transport-related" topics, and a selection of the other topics which the survey has covered since it started in February 1999. It indicates which questions were asked in only some of the years.

To save space, this annex does not cover all the "non-Transport" topics covered by the survey: a more detailed list, which includes them appears in "Household Transport in 2004".

QUESTIONS ASKED OF EITHER THE HIGHEST INCOME HOUSEHOLDER OR HIS/HER SPOUSE/PARTNER

HA - Household composition

For each member of household:

• Relationship to highest income householder ¹
• All household relationships (from April 2003)
• Date of birth
• Sex
• Main economic activity
• Marital Status
• Cultural/Ethnic group
• Religion (from January 2001)
• Household members living away from the household
• Languages: need for translation (from April 2003)

HB - Accommodation *
HC - Sharing Accommodation, Internet Access, Recycling *

HD - Driving and Transport

• Orange badge / Blue European Parking card holders ( NB: "Blue badges" replaced Orange badges over the period from April 2000 to March 2003)
• Cars available to household (from April 2003)
  • Total number of cars available
  • Total expenditure on fuel for private use in the last month
• (Adult) bicycles available to household (1999, 2000 and from 2002)
• Public transport
  • Time to nearest bus stop
  • Frequency of buses
• Personal mobility (asked in respect of each adult aged 16+):
  • Whether holds driving licence and which type (1999 to March 2003) ²
  • Frequency of driving (1999 to March 2003) ²
  • Reasons for driving (1999 and 2000 only)
• Eligibility for reduced fares, concessionary passes (for each adult 16+) (1999 to March 2003) ²
• Motor vehicles available to household (asked in respect of each vehicle):
  • Vehicle type (1999 to March 2003); own or company car (1999 to March 2003); Vehicle Registration Mark (1999-2001) and/or age of vehicle (1999 to March 2003)
  • Principal and other drivers of each vehicle (1999 to March 2003)
  • Annual mileage of vehicle (1999 to March 2003, banded w.e.f. 2002)
  • Subsidisation by employer and personal fuel costs (1999-2001)
• Number of motor vehicles available 12 months ago (2000 to March 2003)

HE - Young People in household**

For randomly chosen school child:

• School attended
• Name and location (from 'pop-up' list of schools in local authority area)
• Distance from home to school (from April 2003, asked only if child's school not found in "pop-up" list)
• Satisfaction with schooling
• Mode(s) of transport usually used to/from school (asked about 'from school' mode in 1999 and 2000 only)
• Reason for mode choice (asked about 'from school' in 1999 and 2000 only) (#)
• If travels by car/van, could pupil use public transport for school journeys
• If travels by car/van, reasons for not using public transport (#)

HF - Health and disability*
HG - Employment of highest income householder*
HH - Household income*
HI - Financial Services, savings and housing costs*
HJ - Mortgage and rents*
HK - Household finances*

Permission to be re-contacted for follow-up research

QUESTIONS ASKED OF RANDOMLY SELECTED ADULT (AGED 16+)

RA - Accommodation*

RB - Neighbourhoods and Community Safety**

• General satisfaction with local neighbourhood
• Particular likes and dislikes about local neighbourhood
• Perceptions of crime problems/'incivilities' in local neighbourhood
• Fear of crime
  • Frequency of travelling by bus (from 2001)/train (from 2001)/walking in the locality (2001 only) in the evening and perceptions of safety during these activities
  • Perception of safety when walking alone in neighbourhood at night or alone at home at night (from 2002)

RC - Education and Training*

RD - Travel and Transport

• Whether respondent holds a driving licence (from April 2003) ³
• Location of (main) place of work/educational establishment
  • If works at or from home
  • What the balance is between working at home and elsewhere (from 2002 to 2004; also obtains estimated percentage of working hours spent at home from April 2003 to 2004)
  • Availability and use of car when working at/from home (from April 2003 to 2004)
• If works 'flexi' time (from April 2003 to 2004)
• Usual mode of transport to work / place of education
  • Reasons for choice of usual mode of transport to work / place of education (#)
  • If by car/van
    • Any other purpose(s) of car/van commuting journey ( e.g. "take child to school") (from 2005)
    • How this is arranged ( i.e. own car, car-sharing etc.) (to 2004)
    • Type of parking (to 2004)
    • Could person use public transport
    • Why respondent doesn't use public transport (also identifies the "main" reason from April 2003) (#)
• Whether in work a year ago, mode of transport then and reasons for any change in mode (from April 2003)
• How often respondent drives a car/van for private purposes (from April 2003) ³
• If holds full driving licence, and drives nowadays (from earlier questions): whether respondent makes different types of journey; if so, whether by car or other means; if always by car, how easy would it be to make these journeys without using a car. (from April 2003) (#)
• Views on motoring taxes and charges (from 2005)
• Whether concerned over increase in volume of traffic (from 2005)
  • If concerned, what is main concern ( e.g. "busier roads", "parking" etc).
• Traffic congestion- asked of those who drive a car/van at last once a week (from 2005)
  • How often drives in congested traffic,
  • If drives in congestion, impact and views on what should be done about it?

RE - Other Transport

• Annual personal mileage not paid for by employer (1999 to March 2003)
• Amount spent on public transport fares in last week (1999 to March 2003)
• Frequency of cycling in previous week - (a) "as a means of transport" and (b) "for pleasure / to keep fit" (#)
• Frequency of walking in previous week - for (a) "transport" and (b) "pleasure / keep fit" (#)
• If identified earlier as holding a full or provisional driving licence (from 2005)
  • Whether ridden a motorcycle/moped/scooter in past 12 months
  • engine size
  • purpose and 'main' purpose
  • estimate mileage in past 12 months
  • how long person has ridden motorcycle, and whether any periods of not riding and time since most recent break from riding
• If identified earlier as a non-driver, reasons for not driving (1999 to March 2003)
  • Reasons for never learning to drive (1999-2000)
• Extent of use of local bus and train in last month and attitude to different aspects of bus service and train service (from 2002)
  • Non-users views on three aspects of rail services (from 2005) (#)
• Personal expenditure on public transport fares in past seven days (1999 to March 2003, 2005)
  • If over £1000, how much if any was on trips abroad or paid for by employer (from 2005)
• Whether used community transport in the past 3 months (January-June 2005)
  • Reasons for use in past 12 months (January-June 2005)
• Reasons for not using buses more often (from 2002 only asked of those who use buses less than once a week; from April 2003, also identifies the "main" reason) (#)
• Whether injured in a road accident in past 12 months, and whether driver, passenger, pedestrian (1999 to March 2003, from 2005)
  • When injured in road accident, whether police informed (from 2005)
• Use of information sources for planning journeys by (a) car etc (#) (b) public transport (from April 2003)
• Knowledge of Transport Direct (from April 2003)
• Use of Transport Direct (from May 2004) - frequency, purposes, types of journey, views on its usefulness
• Knowledge of Traveline Scotland and where heard (from 2005)
  • if heard, whether would use certain new means to access
  • if used, frequency of use, purpose, preference of use, whether led to change from car to public transport use; if so, how many times in past two weeks

Travel diary

(for each journey made on previous day. For multi-stage journeys, obtain for each stage similar information to that collected for "single stage journey")

• Whether a single stage journey, multi-stage journey or a series of calls
• If a single stage journey:
  • Purpose
    • If "shopping", whether "main food", "other food" or "non-food" shopping (from April 2003)
  • Mode of transport
  • If car, number of occupants ( NB: from 2005, asked only if respondent was the driver of the car)
  • Origin and destination
  • Start time and end time
  • Whether delayed by congestion (car driver) or other reasons (bus/train passenger), and (if so) how much time lost (from April 2003)
  • Information on parking (car driver) - whether paid for and (if so) type, cost and time spent at parking space (from April 2003)
• If a series of calls
  • Purpose
    • If "shopping", whether "main food", "other food" or "non-food" shopping (from April 2003)
  • Mode of transport
  • If car, number of occupants ( NB: from 2005, asked only if respondent was the driver of the car)
  • Total number of calls
  • For travel to first call and travel from final call ( separately for each):
    • origin and destination
    • start and end time
    • whether delayed by congestion (car driver) or other reasons (bus/train passenger), and (if so) how much time lost (from April 2003)
    • information on parking (car driver) - whether paid for and, if so, type, cost and time spent at parking space (from April 2003)
• Estimated total distance travelled (from April 2003)

RF - Volunteering (from January 2000 onwards), Convenience of local services**

Local Services

• Perception of convenience of local services (including post office, bank, doctor, grocers pharmacy, hospital outpatients department, public transport) (2000-2003, 2005)
• How often used (from 2005)

RG - Health and disability

• Whether has long-standing illness, health problem or disability
• Whether has concessionary travel pass (from April 2003; the question was revised with effect from April 2006 to reflect the new national concessionary fare arrangements)
  • Use of concessionary fare pass, if 'yes' (from 2005)
• Limitations on daily activities ( e.g. climbing stairs, walking, using a bus)

RH - Random Adult Employment (if not obtained from HIH/spouse/partner)

RI - Random Adult Income (if not obtained from HIH/spouse/partner)

Voting behaviour

• July-September 1999 - local council elections, the Scottish Parliament election (6 ^th May) and the European Parliament election (10 ^th June)
• May-July 2003 - local council elections and the Scottish Parliament election (1 ^st May)

SM1 - Social mobility (2001 only)*

Permission to be re-contacted for follow-up research

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