Travel by Scottish Residents: some National Travel Survey results for 2004/2005 and earlier years
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Table 16: Average duration of trip by purpose
Scottish residents
Minutes
| 1985/1986 | 1989/1991 | 1992/1994 | 1995/1997 | 1998/2000 | 2002/2003 | 2004/2005 |
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Commuting | 20.2 | 21.2 | 21.4 | 23.1 | 24.0 | 22.3 | 22.9 |
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Business | 28.1 | 33.6 | 36.5 | 32.1 | 36.0 | 33.6 | 37.9 |
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Education | 14.9 | 15.5 | 16.6 | 17.5 | 19.0 | 17.2 | 17.8 |
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Escort education | 11.3 | 9.5 | 10.6 | 11.6 | 11.6 | 10.6 | 10.4 |
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Shopping | 16.0 | 16.7 | 17.3 | 17.6 | 16.7 | 16.6 | 16.3 |
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Other escort | 15.0 | 13.9 | 15.5 | 16.0 | 15.7 | 15.8 | 15.3 |
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Other personal business | 14.7 | 16.9 | 15.8 | 16.6 | 17.8 | 16.3 | 16.5 |
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Visting friends at home | 21.6 | 22.2 | 19.1 | 22.5 | 21.6 | 22.3 | 21.9 |
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Visiting friends elsewhere | 17.8 | 18.3 | 19.6 | 17.9 | 18.6 | 18.4 | 18.3 |
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Sport / entertainment | 20.0 | 18.9 | 20.3 | 21.3 | 21.7 | 20.1 | 19.0 |
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Holiday / day trip | 74.0 | 69.1 | 56.5 | 70.4 | 63.0 | 54.3 | 47.9 |
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Other (including "just walk") | 24.8 | 22.1 | 19.5 | 24.4 | 21.6 | 22.2 | 21.3 |
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All purposes | 19.3 | 20.1 | 19.8 | 20.9 | 21.0 | 20.0 | 20.1 |
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