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Table 1.17 People who hold a full driving licence 1, 1999-2009

All people

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

percent of population

Age group

17-20

32.9

29.2

32.3

25.9 |

31.2

30.1

26.6

34.4

31.9

37.9

32.5

21-29

67.6

66.1

66.0

63.5 |

60.1

62.4

61.7

60.3

59.4

56.6

58.6

30-39

77.6

77.7

76.2

80.6 |

79.9

78.6

78.7

76.0

78.4

78.5

76.8

40-49

76.1

77.0

79.0

77.3 |

80.5

79.2

79.2

79.3

80.0

82.6

80.1

50-59

70.0

73.3

72.0

72.0 |

74.0

74.3

74.8

76.1

76.4

77.8

78.1

60-69

56.2

58.9

60.8

62.0 |

64.0

65.2

65.4

68.2

69.1

70.1

74.6

70+

36.4

35.4

38.6

37.5 |

39.3

41.5

41.7

44.0

49.0

46.1

49.2

All aged 17+

63.5

64.0

64.7

64.6 |

65.8

65.8

65.6

66.4

67.0

67.6

68.0

Sample size

13,660

14,440

14,527

13,936 |

13,850

14,660

13,970

14,075

12,153

12,267

12,447

Men

Age group

17-20

36.6

32.9

32.4

32.8 |

39.3

36.0

29.8

35.8

32.2

37.5

37.6

21-29

75.2

73.2

71.3

70.2 |

65.0

67.3

65.5

63.2

62.8

63.2

60.4

30-39

86.2

84.9

81.5

87.1 |

85.3

83.7

84.4

80.7

81.6

81.4

81.2

40-49

83.8

86.0

85.0

84.4 |

86.3

85.0

86.4

85.2

86.0

86.9

86.3

50-59

83.5

85.1

85.4

83.9 |

85.0

82.1

85.4

84.7

87.2

83.5

85.0

60-69

77.7

79.2

80.0

80.7 |

80.4

81.6

83.0

83.6

82.7

84.0

86.0

70+

63.9

60.1

63.5

62.3 |

63.6

65.2

64.7

68.6

72.0

70.3

72.6

All aged 17+

76.9

76.2

75.6

76.7 |

76.5

75.8

75.7

75.5

75.8

76.0

76.2

Sample size

5,867

6,141

6,153

5,913 |

5,909

6,222

5,920

6,056

5,211

5,289

5,400

Women

Age group

17-20

29.8

25.0

32.2

19.3 |

22.3

24.3

22.5

33.1

31.7

38.3

26.5

21-29

59.6

59.7

60.9

57.3 |

55.0

57.6

57.9

57.3

56.0

49.9

56.8

30-39

69.9

71.2

71.4

74.5 |

75.2

73.8

73.5

71.7

75.4

75.9

72.7

40-49

68.5

67.8

73.4

70.5 |

74.7

73.5

72.6

73.7

74.5

78.3

74.3

50-59

56.4

61.8

59.2

60.3 |

62.9

67.2

63.7

67.8

66.0

72.5

71.3

60-69

38.0

42.0

42.9

46.3 |

49.2

51.1

50.6

55.3

57.3

57.3

64.5

70+

19.0

20.2

23.0

21.6 |

23.7

25.9

26.6

26.2

33.7

30.1

33.0

All aged 17+

51.5

53.0

55.0

53.8 |

56.0

56.9

56.4

58.0

59.2

59.9

60.6

Sample size

7,793

8,299

8,374

8,023 |

7,941

8,438

8,050

8,019

6,942

6,978

7,047

Source: Scottish Household Survey.

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