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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Scottish Household Survey, 2016

Variable Details

Variablepurpose_new
LabelPurpose of journey (New codes)
Responses
1 Home 2516
2 Your meeting 232
3 Work 2230
4 The shops 2728
5 Your friends 496
6 Your relatives 827
7 School/nursery 454
8 School 9
9 College 11
10 University 9
11 School/college/university 156
12 Take the dog out 418
13 Your walk 258
14 Your run 23
15 Your cycle 32
16 Your drive 27
17 Your day trip 107
18 The park 44
19 The gym 158
20 The bank 13
21 The Council offices 13
22 The Doctors 97
23 The Hospital 133
24 Another personal appointment 330
25 The pub 118
26 The restuarant 297
27 The cinema 46
28 On holiday 12
29 Other 300
30 Partcipating in sport/exercise 229
31 Other medical related eg. dentist, physio 58
33 Escort - other 188
34 Another entertainment/public activity 131
35 Volunteering/caring 46
36 Place of worship eg. church, mosque 164
37 Returning to work after a series of calls 5
102 Returning home from - Your meeting 131
103 Returning home from - Work 1738
104 Returning home from - The shops 1696
105 Returning home from - Your friends 205
106 Returning home from - Your relatives 388
107 Returning home from - School/nursery 190
108 Returning home from - School 2
109 Returning home from - College 9
110 Returning home from - University 7
111 Returning home from - School/college/university 115
112 Returning home from - Take the dog out 244
113 Returning home from - Your walk 134
114 Returning home from - Your run 16
115 Returning home from - Your cycle 22
116 Returning home from - Your drive 10
117 Returning home from - Your day trip 77
118 Returning home from - The park 21
119 Returning home from - The gym 71
120 Returning home from - The bank 8
121 Returning home from - The Council offices 7
122 Returning home from - The Doctors 43
123 Returning home from - The Hospital 87
124 Returning home from - Another personal appointment 173
125 Returning home from - The pub 53
126 Returning home from - The restuarant 103
127 Returning home from - The cinema 19
128 Returning home from - On holiday 3
129 Returning home from - Other 85
130 Returning home from - Partcipating in sport/exercise 133
131 Returing home from - Other medical related eg. dentist, phys 34
133 Returning home from - Escort - other 76
134 Returing home from - Another entertainment/public activity 76
135 Returing home from - Volunteering/caring 21
136 Returing home from - Place of worship eg. church, mosque 101
202 Returning to workplace from - Your meeting 15
203 Returning to workplace from - Work 0
204 Returning to workplace from - The shops 7
205 Returning to workplace from - Your friends 1
206 Returning to workplace from - Your relatives 0
207 Returning to workplace from - School/nursery 1
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 4
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 0
218 Returning to workplace from - The park 0
219 Returning to workplace from - The gym 0
220 Returning to workplace from - The bank 0
221 Returning to workplace from - The Council offices 0
222 Returning to workplace from - The Doctors 1
223 Returning to workplace from - The Hospital 0
224 Returning to workplace from - Another personal appointment 1
225 Returning to workplace from - The pub 0
226 Returning to workplace from - The restuarant 3
227 Returning to workplace from - The cinema 0
228 Returning to workplace from - On holiday 0
229 Returning to workplace from - Other 0
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, 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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