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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Scottish Household Survey, 2017

Variable Details

Variablepurpose_new
LabelPurpose of journey (New codes)
Responses
1 Home 2343
2 Your meeting 247
3 Work 2327
4 The shops 2669
5 Your friends 512
6 Your relatives 789
7 School/nursery 382
8 School 3
9 College 9
10 University 3
11 School/college/university 175
12 Take the dog out 377
13 Your walk 222
14 Your run 25
15 Your cycle 20
16 Your drive 19
17 Your day trip 123
18 The park 43
19 The gym 136
20 The bank 14
21 The Council offices 10
22 The Doctors 97
23 The Hospital 155
24 Another personal appointment 230
25 The pub 122
26 The restuarant 249
27 The cinema 36
28 On holiday 5
29 Other 382
30 Partcipating in sport/exercise 241
31 Other medical related eg. dentist, physio 63
33 Escort - other 198
34 Another entertainment/public activity 176
35 Volunteering/caring 41
36 Place of worship eg. church, mosque 186
37 Returning to work after a series of calls 2
102 Returning home from - Your meeting 119
103 Returning home from - Work 1876
104 Returning home from - The shops 1755
105 Returning home from - Your friends 242
106 Returning home from - Your relatives 359
107 Returning home from - School/nursery 164
108 Returning home from - School 4
109 Returning home from - College 6
110 Returning home from - University 3
111 Returning home from - School/college/university 137
112 Returning home from - Take the dog out 203
113 Returning home from - Your walk 149
114 Returning home from - Your run 12
115 Returning home from - Your cycle 7
116 Returning home from - Your drive 13
117 Returning home from - Your day trip 95
118 Returning home from - The park 23
119 Returning home from - The gym 66
120 Returning home from - The bank 4
121 Returning home from - The Council offices 6
122 Returning home from - The Doctors 55
123 Returning home from - The Hospital 108
124 Returning home from - Another personal appointment 124
125 Returning home from - The pub 50
126 Returning home from - The restuarant 100
127 Returning home from - The cinema 14
128 Returning home from - On holiday 1
129 Returning home from - Other 151
130 Returning home from - Partcipating in sport/exercise 153
131 Returing home from - Other medical related eg. dentist, phys 27
133 Returning home from - Escort - other 72
134 Returing home from - Another entertainment/public activity 87
135 Returing home from - Volunteering/caring 27
136 Returing home from - Place of worship eg. church, mosque 117
202 Returning to workplace from - Your meeting 17
203 Returning to workplace from - Work 0
204 Returning to workplace from - The shops 8
205 Returning to workplace from - Your friends 1
206 Returning to workplace from - Your relatives 0
207 Returning to workplace from - School/nursery 3
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 1
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 0
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 1
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 0
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 1
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, 2017
UniverseHouseholds and individual adults within households in Scotland.
SamplingOne-stage stratified or systematic random sample
Study TypeTime Series Repeated cross-sectional study
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