Alternative title
TS-enkäten 2008
Creator/Principal investigator(s)
Swedish Road Administration
Description
The study is is done by a questionnaire directed to a stratified sample of the population. The study from 2008 had a 62,4 percent response rate and a sample of 9 600 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 26 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
An additional selection of 500 individuals were made for Region Norr, to allow separate report of Norrbottens and Västerbotten county. An additional selection of 2 700 individuals was also made for Region Mälardalen, to allow separate report of Uppsala, Södermanlands, Örebro och Västmanlands county.
A certain "over selection" was based on covering.
Total sample 9 600 individuals, 154 strata (11 geographic areas, 7 age groups, 2 gender).
Time period(s) investigated
2008-03–2008-05
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
drinking behaviour, alcoholism, road traffic, speed limits, protective headwear, road accidents, road safety, cyclists, child safety, traffic regulations, bicycles, breathalyser testing, accidents, traffic, road users, velocity, transport accidents, vehicle restraint systems, traffic offences
Vägverket. (2008). Trafiksäkerhet. Resultat från trafiksäkerhetsenkäten 2008. Elektronisk publikation. Borlänge, Vägverket.
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Associated documentation
Version 1.0
https://doi.org/10.5878/001638
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Data format / data structure
Numeric
Creator/Principal investigator(s)
Swedish Road Administration
Keywords
drinking behaviour, alcoholism, road traffic, speed limits, protective headwear, road accidents, road safety, cyclists, child safety, traffic regulations, bicycles, breathalyser testing, traffic, road users, velocity, traffic offences, vehicle restraint systems
Collection methodology
Postal questionnaire and web form with two written reminders.
Weighting
Variable 9 can be used as a weight to make the data representative of the whole population.
Variables
96
Number of individuals/objects
5986
Response rate/participation rate
62.4