Statistical Bulletin Transport Series Scottish Household Survey: Travel Diary 2009/2010

Table 18: [Day of travel] Day of week travel, 2009/2010
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Sample size (=100%)
row percentages
All journeys in 2009/2010 14 15 15 15 15 14 13 34,975
by gender:
Male 14 15 15 14 16 13 13 15,443
Female 13 15 15 16 15 14 12 19,532
by age:
16 - 19 14 17 18 15 14 9 13 1,083
20 - 29 14 15 15 14 16 14 11 4,356
30 - 39 14 16 15 15 15 12 14 6,205
40 - 49 14 14 14 14 16 16 12 7,029
50 - 59 13 14 15 15 14 14 14 5,710
60 - 69 15 15 14 16 14 13 13 5,590
70 - 79 13 15 14 17 14 14 12 3,584
80 and over 13 15 17 14 15 9 17 1,418
by main mode of transport:
Walking 15 15 16 15 14 13 13 7,953
Driver car/van 14 15 15 15 15 13 12 17,835
Passenger car/van 12 12 13 14 14 15 19 4,543
Other 20 14 13 19 13 10 10 417
Bicycle 11 15 14 15 15 10 19 294
Bus 13 18 16 16 18 12 7 3,078
Taxi/Minicab 13 13 10 15 20 21 9 386
Rail 13 16 18 15 16 12 9 469
by purpose1,2:
Commuting 17 18 18 18 18 6 5 8,195
Business 17 19 21 17 19 5 2 405
Education 19 25 19 17 17 1 2 929
Shopping 13 13 13 13 13 20 14 8,368
Visit hospital or other health 16 21 22 19 14 4 3 1,077
Other personal business 13 14 13 18 13 11 19 2,580
Visiting friends or relatives 12 11 13 12 13 19 20 4,043
Eating/drinking 9 10 10 11 19 24 17 1,288
Sport / Entertainment 12 12 13 12 13 20 18 2,464
Holiday / day trip 12 7 13 11 12 22 23 764
Escort 14 18 15 17 16 10 10 2,457
Go home 13 11 13 13 17 10 22 997
Just go for a walk 14 15 14 11 16 10 21 1,229
by urban/rural classification:
Large urban areas 13 15 15 15 15 14 13 12,342
Other urban 14 15 16 14 15 14 13 10,210
Small accessible towns 15 16 14 15 13 15 12 3,212
Small remote towns 15 18 16 18 12 7 14 1,928
Accessible rural 14 14 13 15 17 14 14 4,064
Remote rural 15 12 14 21 16 9 13 3,217
by current status1:
Self employed 14 15 15 17 13 13 13 2,225
Employed full time 14 14 15 14 15 14 13 12,923
Employed part time 14 15 14 15 17 13 12 4,294
Looking after the home or family 15 16 16 16 14 13 12 2,020
Permanently retired from work 14 15 15 15 15 13 13 8,760
Unemployed and seeking work 14 17 17 14 15 10 14 1,489
At school 19 17 20 18 13 1 12 333
In further/higher education 11 14 13 14 17 19 12 1,259
Permanently sick or disabled 15 14 16 15 10 16 13 1,267
Unable to work due to short-term illness/injury 13 22 15 15 20 4 11 254
Other 20 11 24 23 4 11 8 125

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 the background note for more detail.