Table 2: [Purpose] Main purpose of travel, 1999 - 2008 1
| 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 |
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column percentages |
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Commuting | 22.7 | 23.3 | 23.5 | 24.3 | 24.9 | 24.5 | 26.8 | 25.6 | 23.6 | 24.6 |
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Business | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4 | 4 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 4 | 1.5 | 1.2 |
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Education | 2.9 | 3.1 | 2.7 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 3.2 |
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Shopping | 22.7 | 22 | 23.5 | 22.9 | 23.2 | 22.9 | 21.2 | 21.3 | 23.4 | 23 |
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Visit hospital or other health | 2.2 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 2.3 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.4 |
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Other personal business | 7 | 6.4 | 6.3 | 5.7 | 6.3 | 6.7 | 6.9 | 7.2 | 6.9 | 6.3 |
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Visiting friends or relatives | 11.4 | 12.3 | 11.4 | 11.6 | 11.2 | 10.6 | 10.4 | 11.1 | 10.9 | 11.8 |
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Eating/drinking | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 2.9 | 4.8 | 4.2 |
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Sport / Entertainment | 6.4 | 5.8 | 6 | 6 | 5.9 | 6.3 | 6.3 | 6.4 | 7.1 | 7.3 |
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Holiday / day trip | 4.8 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 1.7 | 2 |
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Other journey | 5.8 | 4.8 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 3.3 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 3.6 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
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Escort | 6.4 | 8 | 7.8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8.6 | 8.2 | 8 | 7.2 |
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Go home 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2.6 | 3.1 |
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Just go for a walk 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3.6 | 3.7 |
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Sample size (=100%) | 28,371 | 28,558 | 28,519 | 26,944 | 26,790 | 27,122 | 24,658 | 25,215 | 20,519 | 19,921 |
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1 Prior to 2007 only journeys over 1/4 mile or 5 minutes on foot were recorded. Since 2007 all journey lengths are recorded.
This creates a discontinuity in the time series between 2006 and 2007.
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.