The bar chart illustrates the estimated percentage of car trips divided by gender and purpose in 2005. Units are measured in percent.
Overall, men used car more frequently than women in the period given. Both men and women used their cars mainly in order to get to work (approximately 53% and 39% respectively), while only a few percent of men used car to go to bank (3-4%) and even less women used their vehicle to get to town (2-3%). The most significant difference between men and women was in terms of car trips taken for running errands.
In terms of the purpose of getting to courses (12%), getting to bank (8%), running errands (10%), visiting friends (7%) and shopping (17%) women used car more frequently than men . To all the other purposes, namely visiting town (9%), recreation (11%) and getting to work (53%) men tended to hop in their cars more often.
The top three purposes of car trips in both gender groups were getting to courses (women - 12%, men - 10%). On the other hand, the least popular purposes for a car trip in terms of both genders were visiting friends (women - 7%, men - 5%).