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Scottish Household Survey: Travel Diary 2005/2006

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Table 15: Purpose of journey, 2005/2006

Commuting

Business

Education

Shopping

Visit hospital/ other health

Other personal business

Visiting friends / relatives

Eating/
drinking

Sport/
Entertainment

Holiday/
day trip

Other

Escort

Sample size (=100%)

All journeys in 05/06:

26

4

3

22

3

7

11

3

6

4

3

9

49,279

by gender:

Male

29

6

2

18

2

7

10

3

7

4

3

8

21,709

Female

23

3

4

25

3

7

11

3

5

3

3

9

27,570

by age:

16-19

23

1

19

11

2

6

13

2

10

3

4

5

1,498

20-29

34

3

5

16

1

5

12

5

6

2

2

7

5,947

30-39

32

5

3

17

2

6

11

3

5

3

2

11

9,740

40-49

33

6

2

19

2

6

8

2

5

3

3

10

9,917

50-59

29

6

1

22

3

8

9

3

5

4

4

8

8,869

60-69

11

3

1

32

4

10

13

4

7

5

5

7

7,015

70-79

1

0

1

38

5

11

12

3

10

6

5

7

4,656

80 and over

0

0

1

39

7

10

12

4

9

7

6

5

1,637

by main mode:

Walking

20

2

6

25

1

7

10

4

6

6

7

7

7,153

Driver Car/Van

29

6

2

20

2

7

10

2

6

3

3

11

26,959

Passenger Car/Van

17

2

2

25

4

7

15

5

8

5

4

6

7,200

Bicycle

47

1

6

8

1

5

6

3

5

10

4

5

401

Bus

27

2

6

29

4

7

9

3

4

2

3

5

5,354

Taxi/Minicab

12

2

1

19

6

7

14

21

9

2

3

5

881

Rail

43

4

6

17

1

3

6

3

3

5

1

7

759

Other

22

12

3

8

4

7

4

5

11

11

7

5

572

by current status:

Self employed

26

17

2

13

1

7

8

3

7

3

3

10

2,926

Employed full time

43

6

1

15

1

5

8

3

5

3

2

8

20,327

Employed part time

32

4

3

21

2

6

10

3

4

3

3

10

6,321

Looking after the home/family

1

0

5

33

5

9

14

2

6

5

3

16

2,955

Permanently retired from work

1

0

1

38

5

11

13

4

9

6

6

7

11,298

Unemployed and seeking work

2

0

2

25

3

15

24

3

4

6

5

10

1,246

In further/higher education

12

1

28

15

1

7

10

5

9

2

4

6

1,405

Permanently sick or disabled

1

0

2

32

8

11

17

3

6

4

5

10

1,878

by annual net household income:

up to £10,000 p.a.

10

1

3

31

4

9

15

3

6

5

5

6

9,002

over £10,000, up to £15,000 p.a.

19

2

3

28

4

8

12

3

6

4

4

8

8,912

over £15,000, up to £20,000 p.a.

27

3

2

21

3

7

11

3

5

3

3

10

7,229

over £20,000, up to £25,000 p.a.

31

5

3

19

2

7

11

2

6

4

3

8

5,978

over £25,000, up to £30,000 p.a.

34

6

3

17

2

6

9

3

5

3

3

10

5,296

over £30,000, up to £40,000 p.a.

34

5

3

18

1

6

9

3

6

3

3

9

7,061

over £40,000 p.a.

30

7

3

18

1

6

7

4

8

4

3

10

4,837

by Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation quintiles:

1 (most deprived 20% of areas)

24

2

3

26

4

7

13

3

5

3

3

8

8,464

2

26

4

2

22

3

6

11

3

6

3

4

8

9,559

3

26

5

3

21

2

7

9

3

6

4

4

9

10,324

4

27

4

3

20

2

7

10

4

6

4

4

8

11,030

5 (least deprived 20% of areas)

25

5

3

21

2

8

10

4

7

4

3

9

9,863

by urban/rural classification:

Large urban areas

26

3

4

22

3

7

11

4

6

3

3

8

16,657

Other urban areas

25

3

3

23

2

6

12

3

6

4

4

9

14,460

Accessible small towns

26

5

2

20

2

7

10

3

6

5

4

10

4,999

Remote small towns

31

5

2

19

2

9

9

2

6

7

2

5

2,516

Accessible rural areas

26

6

3

21

3

8

10

3

6

4

3

9

6,262

Remote rural areas

23

8

2

21

2

10

9

2

5

7

3

8

4,352

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