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Table 2: Full car driving licence holders by age and sex
Scottish Residents 1975/1976 1985/1986 1989/1991 1992/1994 1995/1997 1998/2000 2002/2003 2004/2005 2006/2007 2008/2009 2009/2010
percent
All aged 17+ .. 49 58 60 63 67 67 67 67 69 69
Gender
Men 66 68 73 77 77 78 77 78 76 79 78
Women 24 34 46 46 51 57 59 58 58 60 60
Age
17-20 .. 28 39 46 38 40 37 32 32 39 35
21-29 .. 57 63 73 66 70 65 65 62 60 60
30-39 .. 62 72 77 76 79 79 80 76 81 79
40-49 .. 64 71 73 74 81 83 80 80 81 82
50-59 .. 51 63 57 66 70 73 75 79 81 82
60-69 .. 37 50 49 61 65 68 65 69 70 70
70+ .. 23 29 29 33 31 39 43 45 47 48

Source: National Travel Survey

1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
cell percentages
All aged 17+ 63.5 64.0 64.7 64.6 65.8 65.8 65.6 66.4 67.0 67.6 68.0 67.6
Gender
Male 76.9 76.2 75.6 76.7 76.5 75.8 75.7 75.5 75.8 76.0 76.2 75.6
Female 51.5 53.0 55.0 53.8 56.0 56.9 56.4 58.0 59.2 59.9 60.6 60.2
Age
17-19 25.9 25.2 23.3 20.7 27.8 26.0 20.8 30.2 28.1 32.5 24.8 26.6
20-29 66.5 63.3 64.8 61.6 58.1 60.6 59.6 58.5 57.7 56.4 58.4 57.8
30-39 77.6 77.7 76.2 80.6 79.9 78.6 78.7 76.0 78.4 78.5 76.8 76.3
40-49 76.1 77.0 79.0 77.3 80.5 79.2 79.2 79.3 80.0 82.6 80.1 80.8
50-59 70.0 73.3 72.0 72.0 74.0 74.3 74.8 76.1 76.4 77.8 78.1 77.9
60-69 56.2 58.9 60.8 62.0 64.0 65.2 65.4 68.2 69.1 70.1 74.6 72.3
70-79 42.0 40.2 44.7 42.9 44.8 47.5 48.9 50.8 55.2 53.4 54.6 54.2
80+ 21.6 23.8 24.1 23.8 27.0 28.3 26.6 28.7 35.4 30.8 37.4 36.5
Sample size (=100%) 13,660 14,440 14,527 13,936 13,850 14,660 13,970 14,075 12,152 12,267 12,447 12,361

Source: Scottish Household Survey, Published in Transport and Travel in Scotland, Table 1