Scottish Household Survey: Travel Diary 2007/2008

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Table 12: [Day of travel] Day of week, 2007/2008

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

Sunday

Sample size (=100%)

row percentages

All journeys in 2007/2008

14

15

15

15

15

14

12

40,440

by gender:

Male

14

14

15

14

15

14

13

17,682

Female

14

15

15

15

15

14

12

22,758

by age:

16 - 19

14

14

13

15

16

15

13

1,124

20 - 29

13

15

16

13

15

14

14

4,912

30 - 39

14

15

15

15

17

13

11

7,143

40 - 49

14

15

16

14

15

13

12

8,004

50 - 59

15

14

14

16

15

16

11

6,665

60 - 69

15

14

16

15

14

13

13

6,792

70 - 79

15

14

15

16

16

12

11

4,148

80 and over

14

17

13

12

15

18

11

1,652

by main mode of transport:

Walking

14

15

16

14

15

14

13

9,292

Driver car/van

14

15

15

16

16

13

12

20,319

Passenger car/van

13

13

14

12

14

17

18

5,209

Other

17

15

18

21

13

7

9

424

Bicycle

21

18

14

13

22

3

9

353

Bus

15

16

16

17

17

13

7

3,806

Taxi/Minicab

11

12

11

14

12

27

13

538

Rail

13

18

15

10

18

22

4

499

by purpose 1,2:

Commuting

16

18

18

17

19

8

5

8,925

Business

17

19

27

12

16

2

6

553

Education

17

23

16

19

17

3

4

862

Shopping

13

13

13

14

15

19

13

9,864

Visit hospital or other health

19

16

22

25

9

5

5

1,232

Other personal business

14

15

14

16

14

12

16

3,178

Visiting friends or relatives

11

13

13

13

12

18

19

4,734

Eating/drinking

10

10

10

13

22

23

13

1,646

Sport / Entertainment

13

13

15

10

11

19

19

2,856

Holiday / day trip

15

10

11

17

10

15

22

783

Escort

15

15

17

16

17

11

9

3,052

Go home

13

12

16

14

14

13

19

1,079

Just go for a walk

15

13

14

10

10

21

17

1,594

by urban/rural classification:

Large urban areas

15

13

15

15

16

14

12

13,706

Other urban

14

16

15

15

14

14

12

12,151

Small accessible towns

14

15

14

16

16

16

11

3,559

Small remote towns

11

18

17

13

18

13

11

2,532

Accessible rural

14

13

14

14

16

16

13

4,771

Remote rural

14

19

17

15

14

9

11

3,721

by current status 1:

Self employed

14

15

15

17

15

13

12

2,515

Employed full time

14

15

15

14

15

14

13

15,098

Employed part time

15

14

16

16

16

13

11

5,084

Looking after the home or family

15

18

17

14

16

10

10

2,689

Permanently retired from work

14

15

14

15

15

16

12

10,286

Unemployed and seeking work

14

15

16

14

15

14

13

1,117

At school

22

20

18

7

8

15

11

320

In further/higher education

12

14

15

17

15

15

13

1,221

Permanently sick or disabled

15

13

15

15

19

14

9

1,571

Unable to work due to short-term illness/injury

11

19

10

19

24

7

12

317

Other

10

10

24

29

5

6

15

178

1 Purpose category of 'Other' and current status category of 'Gov't work or training scheme' have been excluded due to small sample sizes.
2 From 2007 onwards two new categories , 'Go home' and 'Just go for a walk', have been added. See note A.19 for more detail of these changes.

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