Transport across Scotland in 2005 and 2006: some Scottish Household Survey results for parts of Scotland

Table 16 Adults (16+) - frequency of walking in previous 7 days ¹: 2005 + 2006

	No days	1 - 2	3 - 5	6 - 7	1 + days	No days	1 - 2	3 - 5	6 - 7	1 + days	*Sample size (=100%)*
	As a means of transport (i.e. to go somewhere - e.g. work, shopping or friends)					Just for pleasure or to keep fit (incl. jogging and walking a dog)					*Sample size (=100%)*
								row percentages			n =
All Scotland	47	15	21	16	53	54	16	14	16	46	14,112
Large urban areas	43	14	24	19	57	61	15	13	12	39	5,034
Other urban areas	45	18	22	16	55	53	16	15	16	47	4,150
"Accessible" small towns	45	18	22	15	55	49	18	14	19	51	1,261
"Remote" small towns	46	14	22	18	54	45	20	15	20	55	786
"Accessible" rural areas	60	14	16	11	40	45	19	15	21	55	1,575
"Remote" rural areas	62	14	13	11	38	39	20	17	24	61	1,306
Aberdeen City	44	20	23	13	56	58	16	14	12	42	531
Aberdeenshire	65	13	14	8	35	49	16	15	20	51	574
Angus	37	28	23	11	63	42	19	22	17	58	259
Argyll & Bute	48	17	21	13	52	40	21	13	26	60	267
Clackmannanshire	51	18	19	12	49	65	11	11	13	35	310
Dumfries & Galloway	56	12	14	18	44	47	18	10	25	53	384
Dundee City	45	11	32	12	55	57	8	19	16	43	389
East Ayrshire	42	18	23	16	58	39	20	20	21	61	294
East Dunbartonshire	52	13	22	12	48	48	17	22	13	52	236
East Lothian	40	20	19	20	60	43	16	16	25	57	254
East Renfrewshire	48	14	16	22	52	56	21	14	8	44	261
Edinburgh, City of	34	13	22	31	66	59	17	11	13	41	1,191
Eilean Siar	80	11	5	5	20	56	19	13	12	44	242
Falkirk	50	16	23	11	50	60	16	10	14	40	364
Fife	51	16	20	13	49	56	18	11	16	44	1,026
Glasgow City	43	13	25	19	57	63	14	12	11	37	1,416
Highland	50	16	21	13	50	36	23	20	21	64	553
Inverclyde	55	15	17	12	45	62	16	13	10	38	263
Midlothian	34	15	24	27	66	51	13	14	22	49	245
Moray	48	14	19	19	52	31	20	18	31	69	289
North Ayrshire	41	18	28	12	59	50	18	14	17	50	351
North Lanarkshire	54	16	22	9	46	68	12	9	11	32	812
Orkney Islands	60	10	20	11	40	50	18	18	13	50	313
Perth & Kinross	56	11	14	18	44	35	20	16	29	65	332
Renfrewshire	45	16	25	14	55	58	15	16	12	42	425
Scottish Borders	51	11	21	17	49	49	13	18	20	51	258
Shetland Islands	53	18	22	7	47	54	20	20	5	46	298
South Ayrshire	43	21	20	16	57	50	21	15	14	50	303
South Lanarkshire	50	15	19	16	50	58	16	12	14	42	738
Stirling	36	12	21	30	64	38	21	17	25	62	312
West Dunbartonshire	44	17	19	21	56	53	18	15	14	47	236
West Lothian	46	25	19	11	54	52	15	18	15	48	386

1. The number of days, in the previous seven days, on which the person made a trip of more than a quarter of a mile by foot for the specified purpose. An answer of "unable" is counted as "0 days"; one of "don't know" is excluded.
NB: the corresponding figures for Regional Transport Partnership areas appear in the next table

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