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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

ONS Omnibus Survey, July 2002

Variable Details

Variablespec8
LabelOther reason to encourage you to use buses
Responses
A bus service. 1
Free fares, better personal safety 1
HEALTH REASONS SEE NOTE 1
IF THE TRAINS WERE NOT RUNNING OR THE BIKE DOESNT WORK I AM QUITE HAPPY TO USE BUSES 1
If drivers were more helpful 1
More respect from other passengers, no drunks or yobs 1
Prefer to use bike 1
Provision of conductor 1
Public transport should be free 1
f5ree buses for pensioners 1
get more reliable drivers 1
if free 1
if it was door to door service/much more frequent services 1
if less convenient to use car 1
if they were free 1
if they would take my dog on the bus 1
improve the timings 1
in areas where you could not take a car 1
lack of flexibility 1
more helpful bus staff 1
mother dying 1
only to get to hospital where car parking difficult 1
rather than pay driver which causes ques a separate ticket inspector would save time 1
reinstating the local service which was taken off 1
run them 24 hours a day 1
too busy on buses 1
unable to get to bus stops due to poor eye sight 1
use them as much as i need 1
use train 1
with time constraints i have and rural situationcar only realistic option 1
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationONS Omnibus Survey, July 2002
Interviewer InstructionsRECORD OTHER REASON. Remember to recode into M317_8 1 to 14 where possible
UniverseAdults, aged 16 or over, living in private households in Great Britain.;Adults;Households;National
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study, monthly (up to year 2000), eight cycles per year thereafter.
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