Yet Another Cycling Forum
General Category => Freewheeling => Topic started by: Cudzoziemiec on 11 March, 2010, 05:22:19 pm
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You're a farmer!
According to the 2008 household survey figures released by the Polish Stastical Office, 64% of households had a bicycle (up from 58% ten years previously). But for farming households this rocketed to 91%!
The reason seems to be remoteness bringing about a greater need for transport in general; 87% of farmer housholds have a car, compared to 55% of the population overall (45% ten years previously) and a whopping 16% have a motorbike (not generally popular due to the extensive snow cover making it impractical). Unfortunately the figures don't distinguish between households having one bike and those having many; we have 7 (in various states of repair) for 3 adults and 1 child!