Alternative title
TS-enkäten 1985
Creator/Principal investigator(s)
National Road Safety Office
Description
This is the fifth study in a series of annual surveys on road safety conducted since 1981. The study is conducted by Statistics Sweden on behalf of the Traffic Safety Board, which had the overall responsibility for road safety in Sweden in 1985. Today the study is conducted on behalf of the Swedish Transport Administration.
The study aims to identify and analyse traffic safety statistics. This is done by a written questionnaire directed to a stratified sample of the population. The study from 1985 had a 81,1 percent response rate and a sample of 4 737 randomly selected people aged between 15 and 84 years. Previous years the age group -75 to 84 years were not included, this group will return in future studies with four to five years.
The questions in the study include, for example, traffic behaviour and traffic patterns; attitudes to road safety and traffic rules, the relation between alcohol and traffic and child safety in traffic. Both motor traffic, bicycle and foot traffic is concerned. A total of 30 questions are used, including descriptive questions, estimation questions and attitude qu
Language
Swedish
Research principal
Responsible department/unit
Swedish Transport AdministrationData contains personal data
No
Unit of analysis
Population
Individuals aged 15-84 years and residing in Sweden
Time Method
Sampling procedure
Time period(s) investigated
1985-10–1985-12
Geographic spread
Geographic location: Sweden
Lowest geographic unit
Municipality
Highest geographic unit
Country
Research area
Legislation and legal systems, Children, TRANSPORT AND TRAVEL
(CESSDA Topic Classification)
Social Sciences
(The Swedish standard of fields of research 2011)
Associated documentation
Citation
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Data format / data structure
Numeric
Creator/Principal investigator(s)
National Road Safety Office
Keywords
drinking behaviour, dissemination of information, road traffic, motor vehicles, protective headwear, road accidents, road safety, cyclists, child safety, traffic regulations, traffic, road users, traffic offences, vehicle restraint systems
Time period(s) investigated
1985-10–1985-12
Collection methodology
Postal questionnaire with three written reminders.
Variables
121
Number of individuals/objects
3843
Response rate/participation rate
81.1