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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Scottish Household Survey, 2012

Variable Details

Variablere12main
Labelre12an - What is your main reason?
Question text WHAT IS YOUR MAIN REASON?
Responses
1 Takes too long 121
2 Inconvenient 145
3 No direct route 103
4 Use my own car 301
5 Need a car for/at work 71
6 Cost 113
7 Work unsocial/unusual hours 19
8 Public transport unreliable 25
9 Lack of service 162
10 Too infrequent 72
11 Health reasons 118
12 Difficult access/ on-off steps 21
13 Too much to carry/ awkward 30
14 Uncomfortable 13
15 No need 71
16 Prefer to walk 58
17 Dislike waiting 26
18 Long walk to bus stop 50
19 Live centrally/ within walking distance 33
20 (+re12no+) 22
21 Other choices – train/tube/taxi 6
22 Smoking policy 0
23 Dirty/filthy 2
24 Given lifts 1
25 Too crowded 0
26 Not safe 4
27 Laziness 0
28 No suitable service 0
29 Don’t know bus times/routes/fares 3
30 Too difficult with small children/pushchairs 6
31 Bus drivers rude/unhelpful/poor drivers 6
32 Other passengers 2
Sysmiss 9038
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationScottish Household Survey, 2012
Interviewer InstructionsOnly show categories ticked at RE12N
UniverseLocation of units of observation: National;Population: Households and individual adults within households in Scotland.
SamplingSimple random sample; Multi-stage stratified random sample;Random adult sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study
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