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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Scottish Household Survey, 2012

Variable Details

Variablepurpose_new
Labelpurpose_new.1: Purpose of journey (New codes)
Responses
1 Home 2792
2 Your meeting 225
3 Work 2292
4 The shops 2856
5 Your friends 653
6 Your relatives 908
7 School/nursery 456
8 School 2
9 College 14
10 University 8
11 School/college/university 161
12 Take the dog out 472
13 Your walk 205
14 Your run 15
15 Your cycle 34
16 Your drive 26
17 Your day trip 91
18 The park 45
19 The gym 150
20 The bank 21
21 The Council offices 10
22 The Doctors 119
23 The Hospital 152
24 Another personal appointment 276
25 The pub 141
26 The restuarant 199
27 The cinema 47
28 On holiday 2
29 Other 620
30 Partcipating in sport/exercise 182
31 Other medical related eg. dentist, physio 30
33 Escort - other 122
34 Another entertainment/public activity 147
35 Volunteering/caring 49
36 Place of worship eg. church, mosque 176
37 Returning to work after a series of calls 5
102 Returning home from - Your meeting 94
103 Returning home from - Work 1732
104 Returning home from - The shops 1661
105 Returning home from - Your friends 277
106 Returning home from - Your relatives 390
107 Returning home from - School/nursery 172
108 Returning home from - School 1
109 Returning home from - College 9
110 Returning home from - University 4
111 Returning home from - School/college/university 102
112 Returning home from - Take the dog out 275
113 Returning home from - Your walk 117
114 Returning home from - Your run 7
115 Returning home from - Your cycle 17
116 Returning home from - Your drive 14
117 Returning home from - Your day trip 53
118 Returning home from - The park 20
119 Returning home from - The gym 61
120 Returning home from - The bank 4
121 Returning home from - The Council offices 3
122 Returning home from - The Doctors 55
123 Returning home from - The Hospital 93
124 Returning home from - Another personal appointment 107
125 Returning home from - The pub 49
126 Returning home from - The restuarant 64
127 Returning home from - The cinema 17
128 Returning home from - On holiday 1
129 Returning home from - Other 213
130 Returning home from - Partcipating in sport/exercise 101
131 Returing home from - Other medical related eg. dentist, phys 12
133 Returning home from - Escort - other 57
134 Returing home from - Another entertainment/public activity 70
135 Returing home from - Volunteering/caring 27
136 Returing home from - Place of worship eg. church, mosque 127
202 Returning to workplace from - Your meeting 25
203 Returning to workplace from - Work 0
204 Returning to workplace from - The shops 16
205 Returning to workplace from - Your friends 0
206 Returning to workplace from - Your relatives 0
207 Returning to workplace from - School/nursery 0
208 Returning to workplace from - School 0
209 Returning to workplace from - College 0
210 Returning to workplace from - University 0
211 Returning to workplace from - School/college/university 0
212 Returning to workplace from - Take the dog out 0
213 Returning to workplace from - Your walk 1
214 Returning to workplace from - Your run 0
215 Returning to workplace from - Your cycle 0
216 Returning to workplace from - Your drive 0
217 Returning to workplace from - Your day trip 1
218 Returning to workplace from - The park 0
219 Returning to workplace from - The gym 1
220 Returning to workplace from - The bank 0
221 Returning to workplace from - The Council offices 0
222 Returning to workplace from - The Doctors 0
223 Returning to workplace from - The Hospital 0
224 Returning to workplace from - Another personal appointment 2
225 Returning to workplace from - The pub 0
226 Returning to workplace from - The restuarant 1
227 Returning to workplace from - The cinema 0
228 Returning to workplace from - On holiday 0
229 Returning to workplace from - Other 2
230 Returning to workplace from - Partcipating in sport/exercise 1
231 Returing to workplace from - Other medical related eg. denti 0
233 Returning to workplace from - Escort - other 0
234 Returing to workplace from - Another entertainment/public ac 0
235 Returing to workplace from - Volunteering/caring 0
236 Returing to workplace from - Place of worship eg. church, mo 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationScottish Household Survey, 2012
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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