Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

ONS Omnibus Survey, May 2005

Variable Details

Variablespe7714
LabelPlease record other reason(s)
Responses
Already use it very little 1
Because Chinese + Americans won't join in + they are the biggest users 1
Has problems with legs. Needs to use car. 1
I ENJOY DRIVING 1
I am a passenger with very limited use. 1
I don't use the car that much 1
I dont think I will be here to see it the climate change will be here long after I have gone 1
I have minimum use now 1
I use it a little anyway 1
MOST OF THE REST OF THE WORLD ARE.NT DOING ANYTHING ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE 1
Needed because if illness 1
Only use car when I cannot use my motorbike 1
She needs to go by car because of 2 hip replacements and a bad knee 1
Sombody else would use the car anyway 1
Too expensive to use alternatives to the car 1
Up + down motorway for personal reasons nearly every day - it would cost too much on public transport 1
buses are unreliable 1
car used very little anyway 1
disabled 1
do not use it excessively anyway 1
don't use car much anyway 1
don't use car much anyway because It's my dad that drives 1
don't use the car unless necessary as it is, costs become diprportionatly higher if reduced use, ie road tax , insce... 1
dont drive anymore 1
everyhone is using cars, you've cpome in one today, it could have been someone local fromtown 1
free transport 1
government should put more into public transport, then the public could use cars less, ae no 1
hardly use a car 1
have someone that has disability and has to get by 1
health disabled 1
i am on my own and i have no othe rway of getting anywhere to see my elderly mother 1
i depend on it so much really 1
i don't use it eccessively anyway 1
i just look after myself 1
it isn't my car anyway i'm only a passenger 1
its the way we live and there is no good public transport 1
just dont think it would make a difference 1
lady cannot walk very well, so needs car to get about 1
limited mileage/local use 1
limited use anyway 1
more hassle getting bus 1
my car is fitted with gas 1
need a car because cannot walk because of disability 1
need to travel by car to get shopping with friend as disabled 1
need to use car to get to and from doctors, respondents live in remote rural locations 1
no choice as i'm always a passenger. 1
no need for car 1
not proven 1
only use car for essential journeys anyway 1
only use car if have to travel more than 10 minute walk 1
only use it when I have to anyway 1
other forms of transport in my job are too expensive, such as trains especially 1
other people should join forces to travel to work together 1
own health not good 1
place of residence is remote 1
respondent doesn't have a car 1
socially it is impossible to fit your family and sports equipment into a bus 1
state of buses and trains 1
use a motor cycle 1
would be housebound if the car was not available for our use 1
would need action eg banning cars, not just putting in congestion charges 1
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationONS Omnibus Survey, May 2005
Interviewer InstructionsPlease record other reason(s).
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), 8 cycles per year thereafter.