Scottish Transport Statistics No18: 1999 Edition: Page 69

Scottish Transport Statistics No18: 1999 Edition

Table 12.7 Percentages of adults who walk for various purposes¹, 1998

		Purpose of walking
		Travel to or from place of work	Travel to or from place of education	Travel to or from shops	Escorting someone	Other personal business (e.g. church, library, doctors)	Visiting friends	Going out socially or to place of entertain- ment	For leisure or for enjoy- ment	For other purposes (eg to walk a dog)	None / "never walk"	Sample size(weighted)
Percentages												numbers
All adults
	February survey	14	5	66	15	21	34	25	43	23	9	1,063
	August survey	15	6	71	18	28	39	31	48	23	10	1,081
	Both surveys	15	5	68	16	25	37	28	45	23	10	2,144
Both Surveys Combined
Sex
	Male	15	4	66	15	22	31	32	49	23	8	1,029
	Female	14	6	71	18	27	43	25	42	23	11	1,115
Age
	16 - 24	25	20	78	20	23	58	47	37	28	1	279
	25 - 34	20	5	72	25	30	46	39	52	26	5	407
	35 - 44	19	7	66	25	25	39	33	51	29	8	364
	45 - 54	19	2	64	13	27	36	28	44	27	11	343
	55 - 64	9	1	64	10	21	29	17	48	19	13	300
	65 +	1	-	67	7	22	20	11	38	13	18	450
Occupational Group²
	AB: Professional / managerial	12	8	63	19	31	35	31	58	21	8	407
	C1: Other non-manual	15	5	64	18	25	36	30	45	25	10	557
	C2: Skilled manual	19	4	67	18	20	39	32	50	26	8	472
	DE: Other manual; state pensioners; etc	13	4	76	13	24	37	23	35	21	12	708
Working Status
	Working	29	4	66	20	26	39	38	50	28	6	1,069
	Not working	1	6	71	13	23	35	18	40	18	13	1,075
Whether has children
	Has children under 16	19	9	71	28	27	47	32	48	27	6	744
	No children under 16	13	3	67	10	24	32	26	44	21	12	1,400
Whether drives / household has car
	Drives	13	4	61	18	23	32	30	52	26	10	1,244
	Doesn't drive, but there is a	22	14	75	17	29	48	29	37	27	8	312
	car in the household
	No car in the household	13	3	81	12	26	41	24	35	16	11	580
Frequency of walking for each purpose per week					percentages of those who "ever walk" for this purpose
Less than once a week		4	8	1	11	17	5	17	9	3
Once		7	7	13	19	40	28	39	34	7
Twice		8	8	20	21	20	28	28	24	10
Three times		11	6	16	12	8	16	7	9	4
Four times		6	3	9	5	3	8	3	6	5
Five times		41	48	8	20	5	3	2	5	5
Six times		10	-	8	1	2	2	1	1	2
Seven times		3	1	19	5	3	8	2	12	40
8-14 times		8	15	5	6	2	1	-	1	14
More often		1	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	10
All who "ever walk" for this purpose		100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

Average number of walks per week, for those who "ever walk" for this purpose
Average number of walks per week		5.0	5.0	4.3	3.3	1.9	2.7	1.7	2.6	8.0
Average number of walks per week of over ¹/₂ mile		3.5	3.3	1.7	1.7	1.3	1.3	1.3	2.4	6.3

Sample number of people who "ever walk" for this purpose (unweighted)		322	107	1,468	364	530	796	613	971	500

1 Percentage who said that they "ever walk" for each of the purposes listed.

2 For related members of a household, the occupation (or former occupation) of the person with the largest total income (from all sources). Unrelated people are classified individually. A pensioner (or a widow / divorcee / etc) with means other than (or in addition to) the state pension and benefits is counted on the basis of his/her (or husband's) present or previous occupation.