Alternative title
TS-enkäten 1999
Creator/Principal investigator(s)
Swedish Road Administration
Description
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 1999 had a 71 percent response rate and a sample of 11 390 randomly selected people aged between 15 and 84 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 and analyse traffic safety statistics.
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
Requests were made to expand the survey and to separately report the results from Skellefteå, Boden och Malmö municipalities and the counties of Uppsala, Södermanland, Örebro and Västmanland. The new sample consists of 182 strata and was drawn by gender, seven age groups and 13 regional areas. Total sample after the expansion is 11 390 individuals.
Time period(s) investigated
1999-10 – 1999-12
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)
Keywords
health, drinking behaviour, road traffic, speed limits, motor vehicles, protective headwear, road accidents, vehicle safety, road safety, cyclists, child safety, traffic regulations, lighting, bicycles, alcohol drinking, accidents, driving, traffic, road users, velocity, public health risks, vehicle restraint systems, traffic offences
Vägverket. (2000). Resultat från 1999 års trafiksäkerhetsenkät. Elektronisk publikation. Borlänge, Vägverket.
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Data format / data structure
Numeric
Creator/Principal investigator(s)
Swedish Road Administration
Keywords
health, road traffic, speed limits, protective headwear, road accidents, road safety, cyclists, child safety, traffic regulations, lighting, bicycles, alcohol drinking, accidents, driving, traffic, road users, velocity, vehicle restraint systems, traffic offences
Time period(s) investigated
1999-10 – 1999-12
Collection methodology
Postal questionnaire with three written reminders.
Weighting
Variable 6 can be used as a weight to make the data representative of the whole population.
Variables
118
Number of individuals/objects
7953
Response rate/participation rate
71%