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Table 10: Percentage of adults travelling on the previous day, 2005/2006

Age

All aged 16+

Sample size (=100%)

16-19

20-29

30-39

40-49

50-59

60-69

70-79

80 and over

percentages of the relevant population subgroup

All adults in 05/06:

69.1

73.1

75.3

75.8

72.8

62.9

54.3

37.4

68.7

28,261

by gender:

Male

69.7

73.5

77.1

76.5

75.2

67.2

57.4

45.0

71.2

12,065

Female

68.6

72.7

73.9

75.2

70.7

59.5

51.8

33.3

66.6

16,196

by current situation:

Self employed

*

*

80.2

75.0

77.1

74.5

*

*

76.3

1,401

Employed full time

81.7

80.9

81.2

81.2

81.6

85.8

*

*

81.4

9,370

Employed part time

*

74.5

77.6

79.6

73.8

71.2

*

*

75.6

2,915

Looking after the home or family

*

52.8

60.1

60.5

54.4

*

*

*

56.7

1,865

Permanently retired from work

*

*

*

*

69.0

59.1

54.4

37.3

53.8

8,818

Unemployed and seeking work

34.3

61.5

48.5

55.5

53.3

76.1

.

.

52.1

969

In further/higher education

70.8

63.8

63.5

*

*

*

*

.

66.0

823

Permanently sick or disabled

*

*

54.8

51.1

54.3

49.1

*

*

52.6

1,525

by socio-economic classification:

Higher managerial and prof. occs

*

77.7

78.1

86.8

82.4

86.8

*

*

82.4

1,354

Lower managerial and prof. occs

*

81.5

80.7

80.6

79.8

72.1

*

*

79.5

4,527

Intermediate occupations

*

78.4

82.8

82.6

79.2

70.9

*

*

79.9

1,978

Small employers and sole traders

*

*

70.2

66.2

80.9

*

*

*

71.1

601

Lower supervisory and tech. occs

*

76.0

77.9

81.2

82.1

77.1

*

*

78.9

1,918

Semi-routine occupations

75.9

74.6

73.9

74.0

74.9

67.4

*

*

73.7

3,053

Routine occupations

74.0

74.3

72.0

78.6

70.3

66.0

*

0.0

72.7

2,341

by annual net household income:

up to £10,000 p.a.

65.2

65.4

63.8

59.8

60.4

56.8

53.2

35.4

56.0

6,861

over £10,000 - £15,000

58.3

73.0

68.1

68.2

67.9

59.2

54.5

42.7

62.0

5,749

over £15,000 - £20,000

70.5

74.7

71.4

73.2

71.0

65.1

55.9

40.8

68.5

3,941

over £20,000 - £25,000

68.8

72.4

76.3

78.5

78.8

72.9

62.6

42.3

74.8

2,955

over £25,000 - £30,000

65.3

74.9

78.7

76.0

73.8

77.9

59.5

28.1

74.8

2,526

over £30,000 - £40,000

77.0

81.1

81.3

80.8

80.4

80.9

62.2

23.0

80.2

3,132

over £40,000 p.a.

79.1

79.0

83.3

84.1

83.7

81.9

63.7

46.9

82.5

2,065

by Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation quintiles:

1 (most deprived 20 % of areas)

63.2

68.4

68.4

67.2

67.2

57.2

47.2

37.1

62.5

5,656

2

65.5

71.1

73.4

71.5

71.3

59.3

50.8

35.5

65.6

5,817

3

74.5

73.3

74.4

79.9

70.1

62.2

53.2

37.9

68.9

5,979

4

72.3

78.5

80.9

79.3

75.7

67.3

57.2

37.7

72.7

5,788

5 ( least deprived 20 % of areas)

71.4

77.2

80.7

79.4

78.9

68.7

63.8

39.2

73.9

5,001

by urban/rural classification:

Large urban areas

62.9

69.9

73.9

72.8

69.0

58.7

51.9

36.6

65.6

10,103

Other urban areas

74.0

76.5

73.9

76.3

76.5

65.8

58.0

36.0

70.8

8,165

Accessible small towns

*

71.8

79.1

80.3

75.5

64.0

52.9

42.9

71.1

2,646

Remote small towns

*

68.9

75.5

77.1

70.6

58.5

54.0

39.6

66.2

1,542

Accessible rural areas

*

81.6

79.0

81.6

75.6

68.0

55.1

33.8

73.1

3,177

Remote rural areas

*

77.6

80.1

71.4

69.2

65.0

52.3

45.3

67.9

2,627

by number of cars available to the household:

none

57.6

65.8

59.5

56.5

56.2

51.6

45.0

31.9

52.7

9,080

one

67.0

73.2

76.0

77.9

73.2

64.2

60.3

48.6

70.4

12,654

more than one

77.9

80.7

83.0

81.2

79.7

73.2

65.6

*

79.5

6,527

by type of driving licence held:

Holds a full driving licence

75.7

78.6

79.0

79.9

78.3

68.6

63.3

49.6

75.6

17,868

Does not hold a full licence

67.6

65.1

62.8

60.5

56.7

52.2

45.0

32.8

55.5

10,387

* cells with 100 respondents or less are not included.

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