Road safety survey 1997
This study is part of the collection Road safety survey
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Creator/Principal investigator(s)
Swedish Road Administration
Description
This is the 17th study in a series of annual surveys on road safety conducted since 1981. The study is conducted by Statistics Sweden on behalf of the Swedish National Road Administration, which had the overall responsibility for road safety in Sweden in 1997. 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 1997 had a 75,4 percent response rate and a sample of 9 730 randomly selected people aged between 15 and 84 years. Since 1985 the age group -75 to 84 returns 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 24 questions are used, including descriptive questions, estimation questions and attitude questions.
Purpose:
The survey aims to identify
Subject area
Legislation and legal systems, Children, TRANSPORT AND TRAVEL
(CESSDA Topic Classification)
Social Sciences
(The Swedish standard of fields of research 2011)
Principal organisation
Accessibility status
Responsible department/unit
Creator/Principal investigator(s)
Swedish Road Administration
Identifiers
SND-ID: SND 0624
Alternative title
TS-enkäten 1997
Description
This is the 17th study in a series of annual surveys on road safety conducted since 1981. The study is conducted by Statistics Sweden on behalf of the Swedish National Road Administration, which had the overall responsibility for road safety in Sweden in 1997. 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 1997 had a 75,4 percent response rate and a sample of 9 730 randomly selected people aged between 15 and 84 years. Since 1985 the age group -75 to 84 returns 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 24 questions are used, including descriptive questions, estimation questions and attitude questions.
Purpose:
The survey aims to identify
Language
Swedish
Time period(s) investigated
1997-10 — 1998-01
Geographic spread
Geographic location: Sweden
Lowest geographic unit
Municipality
Highest geographic unit
Country
Unit of analysis
Population
Individuals aged 15-84 years and residing in Sweden
Time Method
Sampling procedure
Requests were made to expand the survey and to separately report the results from Lulåe and Kiruna municipalities and the counties of Uppsala, Södermanland, Örebro and Västmanland. The new sample consists of 168 strata and was drawn by gender, seven age groups and twelve regional areas. Total sample after the expansion is 9 730 individuals.
Data contains personal data
No
Subject area
Legislation and legal systems, Children, TRANSPORT AND TRAVEL
(CESSDA Topic Classification)
Social Sciences
(The Swedish standard of fields of research 2011)
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Associated documentation
Version 3.0
2014-01-23
https://doi.org/10.5878/001661
Version 2.1
2013-05-13
https://doi.org/10.5878/001527
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Road safety survey 1997
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Creator/Principal investigator(s)
Swedish Road Administration
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Data format / data structure
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Data collection
Mode of collection: Self-administered questionnaire: paper
Time period(s) for data collection: 1997-10 — 1997-12
Data collector: Statistics Sweden
Instrument: Questionnaire
Source of the data: Population group
Collection methodology
Postal questionnaire with three written reminders.
Time period(s) investigated
1997-10 — 1997-12
Variables
99
Number of individuals/objects
7208
Response rate/participation rate
75.4