Scottish Government

Inconv-enient

Takes too long

Use my own car

No direct route

Need a car for /at work

Cost

Lack of service

Work unsoci-able hours

Sample size (=100%)

row percentages

All adults aged 16+

51

40

30

25

11

10

9

9

8,284

by sex:

men

49

41

29

26

15

10

9

10

3,705

women

52

40

32

23

8

9

9

7

4,579

by age ³:

16 - 19

61

42

21

14

3

20

9

4

131

20 - 29

46

42

30

24

6

14

9

10

1,394

30 - 39

52

40

32

25

12

10

8

9

2,564

40 - 49

51

40

29

24

12

8

9

8

2,216

50 - 59

51

40

31

26

13

8

9

9

1,618

60 - 69

54

36

29

24

9

7

6

7

336

by current situation:

Self-employed

52

43

34

19

26

5

8

8

301

Employed full-time

50

41

29

26

12

10

9

9

6,366

Employed part-time

52

38

33

20

5

8

7

8

1,617

by socio-economic classification ⁴:

Higher managerial & prof. occs

41

54

18

35

22

6

7

8

187

Lower managerial and prof. occs

46

56

20

30

15

8

7

7

503

Intermediate occupations

48

62

24

30

7

13

6

7

269

Small employers & sole traders

59

38

25

17

47

5

0

11

18

Lower supervisory & tech. occs

37

48

34

34

10

12

6

11

164

Semi-routine occupations

42

49

28

25

4

10

10

13

210

Routine occupations

43

60

27

23

6

11

8

16

149

by annual net household income:

up to £ 10,000

51

31

30

20

3

10

10

8

546

over £ 10,000, up to £ 15,000

52

38

30

23

7

12

9

10

1,327

over £ 15,000, up to £ 20,000

49

39

31

23

8

11

9

10

1,558

over £ 20,000, up to £ 25,000

50

38

30

24

10

9

10

9

1,535

over £ 25,000, up to £ 30,000

53

41

32

24

10

9

8

9

1,223

over £ 30,000, up to £ 40,000

50

45

29

27

15

9

8

8

1,312

over £ 40,000

51

47

28

29

19

8

8

5

741

by urban / rural classification:

Large urban areas

49

41

34

26

12

8

7

7

3,123

Other urban areas

52

40

27

23

10

11

8

10

2,926

Small "accessible" towns

50

40

28

26

13

11

13

10

870

Small "remote" towns

51

26

32

11

12

11

13

7

228

"Accessible" rural areas

52

42

29

25

8

10

15

8

849

"Remote" rural areas

55

28

30

9

13

11

12

11

282

by distance between home and work:

Less than 1 km

40

23

42

7

10

5

4

7

329

1 to less than 2 km

51

29

29

13

10

8

7

8

819

2 to less than 3 km

52

29

30

17

11

8

8

8

848

3 to less than 5 km

51

35

34

23

11

7

7

8

1,243

5 to less than 10 km

50

42

31

27

10

9

10

9

2,046

10 to less than 15 km

51

49

28

32

12

10

8

10

1,053

15 to less than 20 km

52

52

27

31

11

15

11

10

561

20 to less than 40 km

51

54

24

34

13

16

16

8

728

Over 40 km

54

55

21

29

16

19

7

10

230

by usual method of travel to work:

Driver of car / van

50

42

34

26

13

8

9

9

6,835

Passenger in car / van

55

34

14

17

3

15

9

7

1,449