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Scottish Transport Statistics: No 26 - 2007 Edition

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Table 1.17 People who hold a full driving licence 1 by sex and age

All people

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

percent of population

Age group

17-20

..

..

..

32.6

29.4

32.8

24.7|

30.6

29.6

26.5

34.2

21-29

..

..

..

67.4

65.9

66.1

63.1|

60.4

62.5

61.4

60.8

30-39

..

..

..

76.9

76.8

75.8

79.9|

79.6

78.0

78.3

75.9

40-49

..

..

..

75.4

76.0

78.1

76.7|

79.6

78.5

78.6

78.9

50-59

..

..

..

69.2

72.3

70.4

70.3|

72.8

73.6

73.6

75.2

60-69

..

..

..

56.1

58.3

60.1

61.2|

63.1

64.1

64.3

67.2

70+

..

..

..

37.2

35.9

38.8

37.7|

39.1

41.2

41.5

43.6

All aged 17+

..

..

..

63.2

63.6

64.2

63.9|

65.3

65.4

65.3

66.2

Sample size

..

..

..

13,660

14,440

14,527

13,936|

13,850

14,660

13,970

14,075

Men

Age group

17-20

..

..

..

35.6

33.5

32.6

30.1|

38.3

36.0

29.8

35.3

21-29

..

..

..

75.0

73.1

71.9

69.2|

65.7

67.8

65.4

63.1

30-39

..

..

..

86.3

84.7

81.6

86.8|

85.3

83.3

84.1

80.8

40-49

..

..

..

83.6

85.7

84.5

84.1|

85.8

84.9

85.9

84.8

50-59

..

..

..

83.2

84.4

84.8

83.3|

84.5

82.1

85.0

84.8

60-69

..

..

..

77.1

78.2

79.6

80.2|

79.6

80.6

83.0

83.1

70+

..

..

..

63.5

59.4

62.7

61.3|

62.7

64.3

64.2

68.1

All aged 17+

..

..

..

76.9

76.3

75.8

76.4|

76.7

76.1

76.5

76.5

Sample size

..

..

..

5,867

6,141

6,153

5,913|

5,909

6,222

5,920

6,056

Women

Age group

17-20

..

..

..

30.1

25.2

32.9

20.2|

23.6

24.2

23.0

33.2

21-29

..

..

..

60.4

60.0

61.5

58.3|

55.8

58.3

58.1

58.7

30-39

..

..

..

69.8

70.9

71.4

74.5|

75.4

74.0

73.9

72.2

40-49

..

..

..

68.3

67.3

73.0

70.8|

74.3

73.3

72.8

73.9

50-59

..

..

..

56.1

61.2

58.7

59.5|

62.5

66.9

63.1

66.9

60-69

..

..

..

38.0

41.5

42.3

45.6|

48.5

50.3

49.2

54.6

70+

..

..

..

18.9

20.0

22.6

21.3|

23.2

25.2

26.4

25.6

All aged 17+

..

..

..

51.9

53.2

54.9

54.2|

56.0

57.0

56.3

57.9

Sample size

..

..

..

7,793

8,299

8,374

8,023|

7,941

8,438

8,050

8,019

1. Source: Scottish Household Survey. The interviewer asks whether the person holds a full driving licence (car or motorcycle).
The denominator includes people for whom it was not known, or not recorded, what type of driving licence (if any) was held.
From April 2003, the questionnaire changed such that information on possession of driving licences was no longer collected from the the head of household or his / her spouse about all adult members of the household, but instead from one random adult member of the household about him or herself.
Figures for 1999-2002 may differ from those previously published, as they have been revised to include only information about the randomly selected adult.

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