The total sample of 9,542 obtained from all nine cities had a gender breakdown of 39% male and
59% female. The mean age was 49.4 years (SD = 17.6 years). Forty-five percent of the respondents
were working full time, 10% were working part time, 8% were students, 26% were retired, and 7%
were occupied with other things. Two thousand nine hundred and twenty-four respondents (32%)
reported that they were daily users, 2,447 (26%) respondents were weekly users, 1,817 (20%)
respondents were monthly users, and 1,818 respondents (20%) used public transport seldom or
never.