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

Table 17 Adults - frequency of walking ¹ in the previous seven days: 1999/2000 to 2005/2006

		No days	1 - 2	3 - 5	6 - 7	1 + days	No days	1 - 2	3 - 5	6 - 7	1 + days
		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	99/00	48	19	19	15	52	59	16	11	13	41	28,302
	01/02	46	19	22	14	54	58	18	11	12	42	28,685
	03/04	47	17	21	15	53	56	17	13	14	44	28,673
	05/06	47	15	21	16	53	54	16	14	16	46	14,112
Large urban areas	99/00	42	20	22	16	58	64	15	10	10	36	9,479
	01/02	40	19	26	16	60	64	17	10	9	36	10,298
	03/04	41	17	25	17	59	64	15	11	10	36	10,418
	05/06	43	14	24	19	57	61	15	13	12	39	5,034
Other urban areas	99/00	46	20	19	15	54	61	16	10	13	39	8,771
	01/02	44	21	22	13	56	59	18	11	12	41	8,352
	03/04	45	19	22	14	55	55	17	14	14	45	8,054
	05/06	45	18	22	16	55	53	16	15	16	47	4,150
"Accessible" small towns	99/00	45	19	20	15	55	56	17	13	15	44	2,715
	01/02	46	20	19	15	54	54	18	12	16	46	2,937
	03/04	46	18	20	16	54	52	18	14	16	48	2,963
	05/06	45	18	22	15	55	49	18	14	19	51	1,261
"Remote" small towns	99/00	44	18	20	17	56	51	19	14	16	49	1,364
	01/02	49	17	21	14	51	47	21	16	16	53	1,290
	03/04	49	17	19	14	51	48	20	14	19	52	1,320
	05/06	46	14	22	18	54	45	20	15	20	55	786
"Accessible" rural areas	99/00	62	15	13	10	38	50	19	12	19	50	3,525
	01/02	60	16	13	11	40	48	18	14	20	52	3,264
	03/04	59	15	14	12	41	47	19	14	20	53	3,438
	05/06	60	14	16	11	40	45	19	15	21	55	1,575
"Remote" rural areas	99/00	64	12	12	12	36	47	19	15	19	53	2,438
	01/02	61	15	14	10	39	45	20	14	20	55	2,498
	03/04	65	13	11	11	35	44	18	15	23	56	2,477
	05/06	62	14	13	11	38	39	20	17	24	61	1,306
Highlands & Islands	99/00	53	16	17	14	47	48	18	16	18	52	3,185
	01/02	56	15	18	12	44	46	20	15	19	54	3,320
	03/04	57	15	16	13	43	42	20	16	22	58	3,184
	05/06	53	15	19	13	47	37	22	18	23	63	1,590
North-East	99/00	49	20	18	12	51	58	17	12	13	42	2,229
	01/02	48	20	21	12	52	58	17	13	11	42	2,291
	03/04	53	17	19	12	47	57	18	12	13	43	2,225
	05/06	54	17	19	11	46	54	16	14	16	46	1,105
South-East	99/00	44	19	21	16	56	57	18	11	15	43	7,880
	01/02	42	20	21	16	58	56	20	11	13	44	7,768
	03/04	42	19	22	17	58	55	18	13	15	45	8,066
	05/06	43	16	21	20	57	56	16	12	16	44	4,033
South-West	99/00	57	16	12	14	43	53	18	10	19	47	842
	01/02	46	19	18	17	54	54	18	10	18	46	775
	03/04	51	19	16	15	49	46	18	14	22	54	783
	05/06	56	12	14	18	44	47	18	10	25	53	384
Strathclyde	99/00	48	18	19	15	52	66	14	10	10	34	10,996
	01/02	45	18	23	14	55	63	17	10	10	37	11,257
	03/04	46	16	23	15	54	62	15	11	11	38	11,259
	05/06	47	15	22	16	53	58	16	13	13	42	5,406
Tayside & Central	99/00	47	19	20	14	53	53	19	12	16	47	2,649
	01/02	44	20	23	12	56	55	15	15	15	45	2,668
	03/04	45	15	24	16	55	50	15	18	16	50	2,519
	05/06	45	15	23	17	55	44	16	18	21	56	1,292
Zetland	99/00	53	20	13	13	47	60	17	11	11	40	521
	01/02	49	19	19	14	51	55	23	9	12	45	606
	03/04	54	16	16	14	46	46	23	15	15	54	637
	05/06	53	18	22	7	47	54	20	20	5	46	298

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.

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