Table 2 Comparison of Sociodemographic characteristics of Scottish bus users (STS) and Stagecoach survey sample

From: Joint factor and latent class ordered probit analysis of intent to use unstaffed automated buses

Socio-demographic

Description

Scottish bus users (Scottish Transport Statistics, 201951) n = 1370

Survey sample (Stagecoach Scotland customers, 2021) n = 451a

Difference

Gender

Male

47.0%

48.1%

−1.1%

Female

53.0%

51.9%

1.1%

Ageb

25 years or younger

14.7%

14.2%

0.4%

25 to 59 years

53.9%

57.1%

−3.2%

60 years or older

31.4%

28.7%

2.7%

Urban rural classification

Urban

89.1%

84.1%

5.1%c

Rural

10.9%

15.9%

−5.1%c

Employment status

Employed full time

39.4%

43.3%

−3.9%

Employed part time

12.1%

13.5%

−1.3%

Retired

24.2%

16.8%

7.4%c

In education

9.1%

9.9%

−0.8%

Other

15.2%

16.6%

−1.4%

Concessionary travel pass

Yes

34.0%

34.8%

−0.8%

No

66.0%

65.2%

0.8%

  1. aThe total number of valid responses, after removing ‘missing’ or ‘prefer not to say’ entries, is as follows: Gender = 405, Age = 408, Urban Classification = 395, Employment Status = 416, and Concessionary Travel = 419.
  2. bThe age bands between the survey sample and those used in the STS did not match exactly, so they were aggregated and estimated assuming an even distribution within each band.
  3. cDifference significant at 0.01 level (two sample proportion z test).
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