This site uses cookies

Some of these cookies are essential, while others help us to improve your experience by providing insights into how the site is being used.

For more detailed information please check our Cookie notice.

Necessary cookies

Necessary cookies enable core functionality. This website cannot function properly without these cookies.

Cookies that measure website use

If you provide permission, we will use Google Analytics to measure how you use the website so we can improve it based on our understanding of user needs. Google Analytics sets cookies that store anonymised information about how you got to the site, the pages you visit, how long you spend on each page and what you click on while you're visiting the site.

 

Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Opinions and Lifestyle Survey, Train Satisfaction Module, February 2018

Variable Details

VariableMAK_5
LabelYou said earlier that you had used the train in the last 12 months. How often do you travel by train for a short distance journey?
Question text You said earlier that you had used the train in the last 12 months. How often do you travel by train for a short distance journey?
Responses
1 Every day 13
2 More than once a week 29
3 About once a week 27
4 About once a month 74
5 Less than once a month 260
6 Never 87
8 Refusal 1
9 Don't Know 0
Sysmiss 342
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationOpinions and Lifestyle Survey, Train Satisfaction Module, February 2018
Interviewer InstructionsIf the respondent finds it difficult to think in terms of distance you can say 'That is a journey of 50 miles or less'. If the respondent works on a train (e.g. train driver, conductor, catering staff) ask them to only consider journeys they make in their own time and not as part of their job.
UniverseAdults, aged 16 or over, living in private households in Great Britain.
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample
UKRI logo

Funded by UKRI through the ESRC with contributions from our partners.

© 2025 UK Data Service
We are supported by the University of Essex, University of Manchester, Jisc, UCL and University of Edinburgh. We are funded by UKRI through the Economic and Social Research Council.