Household Transport in 2006: Some Scottish Household Survey Results

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Table 22 Employed 1 adults (16+) not working from home who were in employment a year ago 2 - usual method of travel to work 3 a year ago and at present: 2005 and 2006

Usual method of travel to work when interviewed 4

Sample size
(=100%)

Walking

Car or van

Bicycle

Bus

Rail (inc. Glas Underg)

Other (eg taxi, m/cycle)

All who travel to work

Driver

Passen.

All

row percentages

n =

All such adults

13

62

7

69

2

11

4

2

100

11,346

usual method a year ago 5:

Walking

87.1

5.0

1.8

6.8

0.4

4.0

1.0

0.7

100

1,553

Car or van Driver

0.8

97.2

0.5

97.7

0.2

0.7

0.6

0.0

100

6,944

Passenger

2.4

4.5

88.1

92.6

0.1

3.1

0.7

1.1

100

674

All car/van

1.0

88.5

8.7

97.2

0.2

1.0

0.6

0.2

100

7,618

Bicycle

4.8

10.2

0.3

10.5

81.5

1.6

1.0

0.5

100

206

Bus

3.9

6.7

4.2

10.9

0.3

82.2

2.2

0.5

100

1,285

Rail (incl. Glas u/ground)

2.8

9.6

2.5

12.1

0.9

3.0

80.1

1.1

100

373

Other ( e.g. taxi, m/cycle)

2.7

9.0

10.6

19.6

0.4

8.0

2.0

67.3

100

268

1 Those whose current situation was described as "self-employed", "employed full-time" or "employed part-time"
2 The interviewer asked "were you in employment or self-employment one year ago?"
3 The interviewer asked "how did you usually travel to work one year ago?"
4 The usual main method of transport is recorded if the method varies, or if the journey involves more than one method.
5 Small numbers of employed adults not working from home, who were in employment a year ago, either worked from home a year ago, or worked outside the UK. These people have been excluded from this part of the table (but they are included in the "All such adults" row).

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