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TABLE 1 - Day visits from home1: by gender and main activity, 1998

Great Britain                                                                                             Percentages

                                                                  Males                        Females                             All

Eat/drink                                                            21                                 15                               18

Visit friends                                                       14                                 19                                 17

Walk/hill-walk/ramble                                         16                                 14                                 15

Shop                                                                 9                                  15                                 12

Entertainment                                                    5                                     7                                  6

   

Indoor sport                                                       7                                  4                                  5

Outdoor sport                                                    8                                  3                                  5

Hobby/special interest                                        4                                  5                                  5

Drive/sightsee                                                    3                                  3                                  3

Swimming                                                         2                                  3                                  3

   

Leisure attraction                                               2                                  2                                  2

Watching sport                                                  2                                  1                                  2

Cycling/mountain biking                                      3                                  1                                  2

Informal sport/games                                          2                                  2                                  2

Other                                                                2                                  5                                  3

 

All visits                                                           100                               100                               100

1 Visits taken in 1998.                                                               
Source: Day Visits Survey, National Centre for social Research


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