Statistical Bulletin: Transport Series: Trn / 2013/ 2: Scottish Household Survey: Travel Diary 2012

Table 3: [Purpose] Percentage of journeys made by purpose of travel 2002-2012 1,2

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007 1,2

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012 3

column percentages

commuting

22.7

23.3

23.5

24.3

24.9

24.5

26.8

25.6

23.6

24.2

23.8

26.5

25.8

22.8

business

4.4

4.5

4

4

3.7

3.8

4.3

4

1.5

1.2

1.2

0.9

0.7

1.8

Education

2.9

3.1

2.7

3.3

3.1

3.1

3.2

3.3

3.4

3.1

3.7

3.5

3.6

5.8

Shopping

22.7

22

23.5

22.9

23.2

22.9

21.2

21.3

23.4

22.8

23.1

23.3

21.1

21.7

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

2.5

2.5

2.3

2.1

Other personal business

7

6.4

6.3

5.7

6.3

6.7

6.9

7.2

6.9

6.2

6.9

6.4

6.9

3.1

Visiting friends or relatives

11.4

12.3

11.4

11.6

11.2

10.6

10.4

11.1

10.9

12

11.2

10.8

11.9

10.2

Eating/Drinking

3.3

3.3

3.7

3.7

3.5

3.8

3.3

2.9

4.8

4.3

4.1

3.7

4.1

2.4

Sport/Entertainment

6.4

5.8

6

6

5.9

6.3

6.3

6.4

7.1

7.3

7.9

6.8

7.6

4.7

Holiday/daytrip

4.8

4.2

4.5

3.9

4.4

4.6

3.4

3.9

1.7

2

2.3

1.9

1.8

0.8

Other Journey

5.8

4.8

4.2

4.2

3.3

2.9

3.1

3.6

0.2

0.1

0.5

0.4

0.3

4.2

Escort

6.4

8

7.8

8

8

8

8.6

8.2

8

7.5

6.7

7.3

7.5

1.1

Go Home 2

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

2.6

3.2

3.2

2.7

3.4

14.3

Go for a walk 2

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

3.6

3.7

2.9

3.2

3

5.1

Sample size (=100%)

28,371

28,558

28,519

26,944

26,790

27,122

24,658

25,215

20,519

20,449

18,679

16,296

17,593

19,739

1 Prior to 2007 only journeys over ΒΌ mile or 5 minutes on foot were recorded. Since 2007 all journeys are recorded. This creates a distcontinuity 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 the background note for more details.
3 Changes to the questionnaire design in 2012 resulted in a higher proportion of journeys being recorded as 'Go home'. This creates a discontinuity in the time series between 2011 and 2012.