Statistical Bulletin: Transport Series Trn/2009/1: Bus and Coach Statistics: 2007-08

Table 42: [Users views] Adults* who agreed or strongly agreed with the following statements about their local bus service, 2006/2007

by gender:
	On time	Frequent	Runs when need it	Stable	Clean	Comfortable	Feel safe and secure	Tickets easy to understand	Easy to find out routes/times	Easy to change transport	Fares are good value	Sample size (=100%)†
	cell percentages
All users in the past month, 2006/2007:	74	79	75	82	75	77	85	89	79	73	65	8,902
Male	76	81	75	82	77	77	88	88	78	71	66	3,451
Female	73	79	74	82	74	77	84	89	80	74	63	5,451
by age:
16-19	67	74	67	78	60	69	79	92	79	73	58	451
20-29	69	79	72	80	67	71	80	89	76	77	54	1,145
30-39	73	81	73	81	72	76	82	88	75	72	58	1,290
40-49	72	77	69	82	74	78	82	89	76	71	61	1,233
50-59	71	75	69	79	77	78	87	93	79	71	62	1,197
60-69	80	82	79	86	80	80	89	87	84	75	75	1,641
70-79	81	84	84	86	84	82	92	86	84	72	74	1,368
80 and over	81	84	83	87	86	85	94	84	83	71	77	576
by current status:
Self employed	74	76	70	77	83	79	85	87	71	67	68	211
Employed full time	72	77	69	81	72	73	84	89	76	72	61	2,269
Employed part time	71	78	71	83	73	78	83	91	79	73	58	894
Looking after the home or family	71	77	74	83	72	77	79	93	80	75	59	636
Permanently retired from work	81	83	82	86	83	82	91	86	84	74	75	3,197
Unemployed and seeking work	72	82	74	82	67	73	82	91	79	80	53	437
At school	67	74	66	80	57	75	81	90	76	70	63	122
In further/higher education	72	77	71	78	68	73	80	89	77	74	56	398
Permanently sick or disabled	70	80	74	81	75	80	81	88	77	71	66	601
by Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation:
1	72	82	75	81	69	76	82	90	78	77	64	2,398
2	74	82	77	82	75	78	84	89	80	74	64	1,950
3	78	80	75	85	79	79	88	89	82	72	67	1,685
4	75	75	71	82	74	75	86	88	78	70	63	1,306
5	75	77	73	82	80	78	88	88	78	71	66	1,562
by frequency of using local service:
(Almost) daily	72	79	76	83	70	76	86	91	83	76	66	2,359
2-3 times per week	76	82	76	84	75	79	87	89	82	75	66	2,493
About once per week	77	80	77	83	78	78	85	90	78	74	65	1,611
Less often	74	76	70	79	77	76	84	85	73	68	62	2,439
by urban/rural classification:
Large urban areas	73	81	76	81	73	78	84	87	76	74	66	4,267
Other urban areas	76	83	77	84	74	75	84	90	81	75	63	2,537
Accessible small towns	74	79	74	83	79	79	88	91	84	72	60	725
Remote small towns	85	76	72	88	93	86	91	93	91	72	64	282
Accessible rural	76	65	63	83	81	75	89	90	79	69	61	681
Remote rural	84	55	58	83	86	82	95	92	86	54	67	410

* Question is only asked of respondents who had used their local bus service in the past month
† Two years worth of data has been combined to increase sample size.

Page updated: Monday, March 30, 2009

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Statistical Bulletin: Transport Series Trn/2009/1: Bus and Coach Statistics: 2007-08

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Table 42: [Users views] Adults* who agreed or strongly agreed with the following statements about their local bus service, 2006/2007