Table 23 Reasons for not using buses more often: April 2003 to December 2004
Adults (16+) who said that they had used their local bus service at most "about once a week"in the past month - or not at all
| Men | Women | All | 16-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50-59 | 60-69 | 70-79 | 80+ |
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column percentages |
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Use own car | 31 | 28 | 30 | 13 | 27 | 33 | 33 | 30 | 32 | 29 | 13 |
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No need | 22 | 21 | 21 | 37 | 21 | 19 | 18 | 20 | 25 | 25 | 24 |
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Takes too long | 14 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 3 |
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Inconvenient | 14 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 13 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 4 |
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Lack of service | 10 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 5 |
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Health reasons | 8 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 28 | 48 |
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No direct route | 9 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2 |
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Prefer to walk | 7 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 |
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Need car for / at work | 8 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
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Cost | 5 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
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Too infrequent | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 2 |
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Live centrally, in walking dist. | 4 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
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Public transport unreliable | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
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Long walk to bus stop | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
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Too much to carry, awkward | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
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Dislike waiting about | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
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Work unsocial / unusual hrs | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
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Difficult access, on-off steps | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 13 |
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Uncomfortable | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
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All | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
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Sample size n = | 8,711 | 10,683 | 19,394 | 449 | 2,045 | 3,747 | 3,594 | 3,242 | 2,767 | 2,218 | 1,332 |
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The percentages total more than 100% because respondents could give more than one reason With effect from April 2003, anyone who answered "inconvenient" or "use my own car" was asked why they said that, and the follow up answers were recorded. Hence the figures are on a different basis to previous years.