In contrast, London residents averaged 2.6 miles per shopping trip. The proportion of trips on a Thursday and Friday have fallen slightly with the introduction of Sunday shopping. The most active shopping evenings were Thursdays and Fridays. The largest proportion of Saturday shopping trips started between 11am-noon. Generally, the higher the income the greater the distance travelled for shopping purposes.
Personal business includes trips to the bank, post office, library, church and doctor.
The main characteristics of personal business are similar to shopping trips. Shopping trips can now be split between shopping for food and other shopping trips. Currently, the NTS does not have enough data to provide any trends. This includes details of sampling and the 1999 questionnaire. A list of the main variables is available in the 1997 Technical Report.