Scottish Government

Convenience of public transport

Quality of public transport

All adults

Sample size (=100%)

Convenient

neither nor

No opinion

Inconvenient

Very

Fairly

Fairly

Very

Good

Poor

row percentages

n =

All adults in 2003

40

36

4

4

8

7

16

5

100

13,968

by sex

Male

40

36

4

5

8

7

16

4

100

5,957

Female

41

36

4

3

8

8

16

5

100

8,011

by age

16 - 19

45

42

5

0

4

4

14

6

100

421

20 - 29

43

38

3

2

8

5

17

4

100

1,559

30 - 39

40

36

4

4

10

6

14

4

100

2,576

40 - 49

38

37

4

4

10

7

15

5

100

2,350

50 - 59

37

35

5

5

8

10

15

6

100

2,178

60 - 69

43

34

4

4

7

8

19

5

100

2,135

70 - 79

43

34

3

5

7

8

19

4

100

1,806

80 and over

35

35

5

5

8

12

15

3

100

943

by current situation ¹

Self-employed

32

30

5

6

12

14

12

4

100

646

Full-time employment

38

37

4

4

9

7

15

5

100

4,628

Part-time employment

41

37

3

2

9

8

14

6

100

1,407

Looking after home / family

44

36

3

3

8

6

13

5

100

1,047

Permanently retired from work

42

35

4

4

6

8

19

4

100

4,283

Unemployed and seeking work

47

36

4

3

6

4

19

4

100

492

Higher / further education

48

39

3

0

7

2

19

6

100

407

Permanently sick or disabled

42

34

4

5

6

9

17

3

100

722

by socio-economic classification:

Higher managerial & prof. occs

35

37

5

4

11

8

16

5

100

666

Lower managerial and prof. occs

36

34

6

4

12

9

17

6

100

1,772

Intermediate occupations

41

38

4

3

8

6

16

5

100

902

Small employers & sole traders

29

32

4

8

13

14

7

6

100

265

Lower supervisory & tech. occs

42

35

3

4

8

8

12

6

100

771

Semi-routine occupations

41

39

3

3

7

7

15

5

100

1,121

Routine occupations

41

39

4

4

6

6

13

3

100

1,028

by annual net household income

up to £ 10,000

48

33

3

3

6

6

18

4

100

3,924

over £ 10,000, up to £ 15,000

44

36

4

4

6

6

17

4

100

2,838

over £ 15,000, up to £ 20,000

39

37

4

4

7

9

15

4

100

1,976

over £ 20,000, up to £ 25,000

40

35

4

4

8

8

15

6

100

1,508

over £ 25,000, up to £ 30,000

36

38

5

4

11

7

14

5

100

1,152

over £ 30,000, up to £ 40,000

34

38

5

4

10

9

14

5

100

1,305

over £ 40,000

31

37

6

4

13

8

14

7

100

782

by Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation quintiles:

1 (most deprived 20% of areas)

48

38

3

3

4

3

20

4

100

2,652

2

48

35

3

4

6

5

18

3

100

2,846

3

35

32

5

5

10

13

12

6

100

3,138

4

34

35

5

4

10

11

12

6

100

2,737

5 (least deprived 20% of areas)

37

41

4

4

9

5

18

5

100

2,593

by type of area

Large urban areas

50

38

3

2

5

2

27

4

100

4,996

Other urban areas

42

39

4

5

6

4

13

2

100

3,932

"Accessible" small towns

36

38

5

5

9

6

7

3

100

1,438

"Remote" small towns

30

36

9

8

9

9

5

2

100

668

"Accessible" rural areas

21

31

5

4

16

23

4

12

100

1,690

"Remote" rural areas

21

23

5

5

18

28

3

9

100

1,244

all adults in each year

1999

42.5

32.2

4.0

3.1

9.5

8.7

18.2

5.4

100

13,782

2000

43.7

31.3

3.5

3.7

9.2

8.6

16.7

5.5

100

14,557

2001

44.4

30.8

4.1

4.0

8.2

8.4

16.7

5.7

100

14,643

2002

43.6

33.8

3.8

4.6

7.0

7.1

18.6

5.3

100

14,042

2003

40.3

36.2

4.1

3.8

8.1

7.4

16.0

4.7

100

13,968