Transport and Travel in Scotland 2014
Table 17: [Travel to school reasons] Reasons why public transport is not used by school children, 2014
| Age | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Primary: 4-11 |
Secondary: 12-18 |
All | ||
| by whether they could use public transport | cell percentages | |||
| Yes | 20.9 | 50.1 | 30.4 | |
| No | 79.1 | 49.9 | 69.6 | |
| Sample size (=100%) | 330 | 140 | 470 | |
| If they could use public transport, reasons for not using it | ||||
| Too young to travel on own | 55.4 | 7.8 | 29.9 | |
| Inconvenient | 23.0 | 27.4 | 25.4 | |
| No service available | 4.9 | 8.4 | 6.8 | |
| Too far to bus stop | 6.6 | 3.3 | 4.8 | |
| Cost,too expensive | 3.9 | 9.5 | 6.9 | |
| Too short a distance,not worth it | 2.9 | 1.4 | 2.1 | |
| Prefer to use car | 17.4 | 48.8 | 34.2 | |
| Others | 2.8 | 0.5 | 1.6 | |
| Sample size (=100%) | 60 | 70 | 130 | |
| If they could not use public transport, reasons why they cannot | ||||
| Too young to travel on own | 49.4 | 11.1 | 40.5 | |
| No service available | 46.7 | 70.2 | 52.1 | |
| Inconvenient | 4.9 | 11.6 | 6.5 | |
| Too far to bus stop | 3.0 | 14.0 | 5.6 | |
| Cost,too expensive | 1.0 | . | 0.8 | |
| Too short a distance,not worth it | 9.0 | 3.2 | 7.7 | |
| Prefer to use car | 3.5 | 4.6 | 3.7 | |
| Others | . | 0.8 | 0.2 | |
| Sample size (=100%) | 260 | 70 | 330 | |
1 Percentages may total to more than 100% as respondents can give multiple answers. This table only includes those who have given a reason (question asked only of a sub-sample from 2005). Some of these estimates are based on fairly small sample sizes and should be interpreted with caution.