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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Scottish Household Survey, 2016

Variable Details

Variablere12main
Labelre12an - What is your main reason?
Responses
1 Takes too long 162
2 Inconvenient 118
3 No direct route 83
4 Use my own car 259
5 Need a car for/at work 57
6 Cost 69
7 Work unsocial/unusual hours 21
8 Public transport unreliable 26
9 Lack of service 128
10 Too infrequent 58
11 Health reasons 98
12 Difficult access/ on-off steps 28
13 Too much to carry/ awkward 27
14 Uncomfortable 18
15 No need 78
16 Prefer to walk 53
17 Dislike waiting 25
18 Long walk to bus stop 43
19 Live centrally/ within walking distance 22
20 (+re12no+) 87
21 Other choices – train/tube/taxi 0
22 Smoking policy 0
23 Dirty/filthy 0
24 Given lifts 0
25 Too crowded 0
26 Not safe 0
27 Laziness 0
28 No suitable service 0
29 Don’t know bus times/routes/fares 0
30 Too difficult with small children/pushchairs 0
31 Bus drivers rude/unhelpful/poor drivers 0
32 Other passengers 0
Sysmiss 8994
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationScottish Household Survey, 2016
UniverseLocation of units of observation: National;Population: Households and individual adults within households in Scotland.
SamplingOne-stage stratified or systematic random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study
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