Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.Data accumulated from Consumers' Association surveys are designed to be used by the consumer. The surveys are, therefore, very specific in nature and the subjects covered diverse. The Data Archive holds 19 such surveys. Readers are asked to note that, with the exception of the surveys on the Telephone Service - 69004, 69016, respondents surveyed are self selected from subscribers to the Association's magazine <i>Which?</i> and so the surveys cannot singly be used in descriptive accounts of the British public. Surveys 69005-69012 cover various aspects of the housing experiences of <i>Which?</i> readers who moved house in 1967 and 1968. It is here particularly important to remember that the choice strategies and the resources of <i>Which?</i> readers are unlikely to be typical.
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Data include: make of seat belt; year purchased; type of harness (3 categories); method of fastening (5 categories); method of unfastening (5 categories); how and where in the car the reel is mounted; location of belts in car; who fitted belts; why respondent decided to fit belts and why he chose automatic seat belts as opposed to ordinary belts. Use of belt: how often respondent wears seat belt on a journey of up to/more than 20 miles; whether respondent makes a special point of wearing belt on a particular type of journey (e.g. motorway) whether there is any type of journey on which respondent has hardly ever worn belt. A section is included on performance of the belt (i.e. locking performance, performance of belt in accident, where possible, comfort for wearer, ease of fastening and unfastening buckles, record of any faults that have occurred etc.). Background Variables Details of car (i.e. make, model, year, number of doors, number of people who often drive car, type of front seats), physical details of respondent (i.e. height, sex, build, age cohort) and driving details (i.e. approximate number of miles driven per year, number of journeys of over 20 miles and respondent's previous experience of ordinary seat belts).
No sampling (total universe)
Postal survey
