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Private long-distance travel mode selection 1979-1980

https://doi.org/10.5878/001203
The research project 'Vehicle choice for long-distance personal travel' was carried out on behalf of Transportforskningsdelegationen (TFD) and the aim was to clarify which factors influence the choice of means of transport for long-distance private personal travel. The survey was conducted as a sample survey in two stages. Stage 1 consisted of a postal questionnaire, the purpose of which was to identify individuals who had undertaken a longer private trip during a certain period of time and were thus assumed to have made a choice of means of transport. Stage 2 consisted of a personal interview with a selection of these individuals. Long-distance travel refers here to trips of at least 100 kilometres one-way. Private travel means all trips, except business, work commuting, educational and military service trips. Longer private trips that connect to charter trips abroad are also included. The survey only studies trips within the Nordic countries. The interview contained questions about the purpose of the trip, number of nights spent away, type of means of transport and which company you travelled with. The respondent was also asked to indicate whether they had considered other means of transport and what importance cost, and travel time had on the choice of means of transport.
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Citation and access

Data access level:

Creator/Principal investigator(s):

  • Mats-G. Engström - Nordic Institute for Studies in Urban and Regional Planning
  • Bengt Sahlberg - Nordic Institute for Studies in Urban and Regional Planning

Research principal:

Data contains personal data:

No

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Method and outcome

Unit of analysis:

Population:

Individuals aged 16-75 years residing in Solna, Norrköping, Växjö, Halmstad, Östersund or Skellefteå

Time method:

Sampling procedure:

Description of sampling:

In the first stage six intermediate sized municipalities, geographically distributed over Sweden, and with a good standard of the public transport system - Solna, Norrköping, Växjö, Halmstad, Östersund or Skellefteå - were chosen. From these six municipalities 5124 persons aged 16-75 years were randomly selected from the register of the total population held at each County Administrative Board. These persons had to answer a short mail questionnaire including a question if they had undertaken any long journey during the last three month period. Half of the respondents replied that they had undertaken at least one long journey. Among these 100 persons in each municipality, mainly people who had responded that they at least to some extent had influenced their travel mode selection, were chosen for an interview.

Time period(s) investigated:

Description of the response rate/participation rate:

The questionnaire part consists of 13 variables and has 1765 respondents. The interview part consists of 97 variables and has 600 respondents.

Data format/data structure:

Data collection Self-administered questionnaire: E-mail

Mode of collection:

Self-administered questionnaire: E-mail

Time period(s) for data collection:

1979-07 - 1980-06

Data collector:

  • Institutet för marknadsundersökning (IMU)

Sample size:

5124

Number of responses:

1765

Non response size:

3359

Source of the data:

  • Population group

Instrument

Name:

Questionnaire

Type:

Structured questionnaire

Data collection Telephone interview

Mode of collection:

Telephone interview

Time period(s) for data collection:

1979-07 - 1980-06

Data collector:

  • Institutet för marknadsundersökning (IMU)

Number of responses:

600

Source of the data:

  • Population group

Instrument

Name:

Questionnaire

Type:

Structured questionnaire

Geographic coverage

Geographic location:

Geographic description:

Solna, Norrköping, Växjö, Halmstad, Östersund and Skellefteå.

Administrative information

Commissioning organisation:

  • Transportforskningsdelegationen (TFD)

Funding

Funding agency:

  • Transportforskningsdelegationen (TFD)

Topic and keywords

CESSDA Topic Classification:

Standard för svensk indelning av forskningsämnen 2025:

Keywords:

Publications

Citation:

Transportforskningsdelegationen (1982) Den resandes ensak? : Hur man väljer färdmedel vid långväga privata resor : teknisk rapport. 1982:1. Stockholm: TFD. (With an English summary). ISBN: 91-85562-49-1.

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  • ISBN:

    91-85562-49-1

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Versions

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DOI:

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  • Data merged:

    Data from: Private long-distance travel mode selection 1979- 1980 - Questionnaire (version 1.0, https://doi.org/10.5878/001203); Private long-distance travel mode selection 1979-1980 - Interview (version 1.1, https://doi.org/10.5878/001205).

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1.0

DOI:

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