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Statistical Bulletin: Trn/2001/1 - Household Transport: some Scottish Household Survey results

Table 19 Pupils in full-time education at school - usual main method of travel to school1: 1999

 

Usual main method of travel to school

Sample size (=100%)

Walking

Car or Van

Bicycle

School bus

Service bus

Rail2

Other3

row percentages

n =

All in full-time education at school

55

18

1

16

7

0

2

2,517

by sex:

boys

54

17

1

17

7

1

2

1,224

girls

56

19

0

16

7

0

1

1,293

by age:

4-5

66

25

0

8

1

1

0

205

6-7

64

22

0

10

2

0

1

402

8-9

54

25

0

14

4

0

1

400

10-11

59

20

1

12

6

0

2

426

Total 4-11

60

23

1

11

4

0

1

1,433

 

12-13

46

14

1

25

12

1

2

434

14-15

48

8

1

25

13

1

4

411

16-18

50

15

1

17

13

2

1

239

Total 12-18

48

12

1

24

12

1

3

1,084

by social class of Highest Income Householder:

Professional occupations

50

34

0

11

3

1

2

169

Managerial and technical occs.

49

24

1

18

5

1

2

688

Skilled non-manual occupations

56

19

1

15

6

2

1

297

Skilled manual occupations

54

17

1

18

7

1

2

666

Partly skilled occupations

56

11

0

21

11

0

1

264

Unskilled occupations

60

11

1

12

10

0

5

115

by annual net household income:

up to £ 5,000

56

13

0

20

9

0

1

52

over £ 5,000, up to £ 10,000

66

8

0

11

14

0

1

404

over £ 10,000, up to £ 15,000

61

14

1

14

9

0

2

618

over £ 15,000, up to £ 20,000

53

17

1

20

6

2

2

586

over £ 20,000, up to £ 25,000

48

26

1

19

4

0

2

353

over £ 25,000, up to £ 30,000

49

27

1

18

2

0

3

208

over £ 30,000, up to £ 40,000

49

27

1

17

5

1

0

183

over £ 40,000

34

39

1

14

7

1

2

78

by MOSAIC area type:

High income areas

45

34

1

14

4

0

2

346

Middle income owners

52

23

0

17

5

2

1

415

Lower income owners

56

17

0

17

7

1

2

237

Better off Council

65

12

1

13

7

0

2

485

Disadvantaged Council Estates

67

11

1

12

7

0

2

271

Families in Council Flats

65

9

0

6

18

1

1

198

Renting Singles

62

10

1

9

13

1

3

115

Singles and Flats

61

15

1

12

7

3

1

127

Country Dwellers

19

20

1

55

4

0

1

233

Institutional Areas

48

29

1

14

6

0

3

86

by urban / rural classification:

The four cities

59

19

0

6

13

1

1

730

Other urban areas

59

18

1

14

6

0

2

865

Small "accessible" towns

62

17

1

15

1

1

2

252

Small "remote" towns

63

22

3

10

1

0

1

145

"Accessible" rural areas

37

19

0

36

5

0

2

310

"Remote" rural areas

30

10

1

57

1

0

0

210

 

 

Usual main method of travel to school

All methods

Walking

Car / van

Bicycle

School bus

Service bus

Rail2

Other3

usual main method of travel home from school:

percentages of all school pupils

Walking

53.9

3.1

0.0

0.2

0.4

0.0

0.1

57.8

Car or van

0.8

13.8

0.0

0.1

0.2

0.0

0.0

14.9

Bicycle

0.0

0.0

0.6

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.6

School bus

0.2

0.7

0.0

15.8

0.1

0.0

0.0

16.8

Service bus

0.2

0.5

0.1

0.2

6.5

0.0

0.0

7.5

Rail2

0.0

0.1

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.6

0.0

0.7

Other3

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

1.7

1.7

All methods of travel home from school

55.1

18.2

0.7

16.3

7.2

0.6

1.8

100.0

1.The usual main method of transport is recorded if the method varies, or if the journey involves more than one method
2.Including the Glasgow Underground.
3.e.g. motorcycle, lorry, taxi, ferry, etc.

 

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