SMOKING AND ATTITUDES TO SEAT BELT USAGE

An evaluation of a health education programme promoting the use of seat belts as an injury protection measure in vehicle collision accidents, was carried out using a postal questionnaire to a random sample of people drawn from the electoral rolls of a local authority. The questionnaire asked respondents to provide information about their habits and opinions on a number of aspects including seat belt wearing habits: cigarette consumption, age, sex, driver or non-driver of a motor vehicle, opinion on legislation to enforce seat belt wearing, and opinion on a reduction in car insurance premium for seat belt wearers. Allowing for age and sex amongst drivers, self-reported seat belt wearing declined as cigarette consumption rose (P less than 0.01). Analysis of the data related to "opinions on legislation to enforce seat belt wearing" by means of logit-linear models indicated that age was the only variable which, when considered alone, was found to influence the response (P less than 0.05). If the two variables, cigarette consumption and drivers were added in an interactive mode, then there was a significant improvement in the fit as compared to age alone (P less than 0.05). This improvement was not found in respect of "opinions relating to insurance premium reduction", age-sex being the only interaction which was significantly associated with response P less than 0.05).

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• Authors:
  • Cliff, K S
  • Grout, P
  • Machin, D
• Publication Date: 1982-1

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 48-52
• Serial:
  • Public Health
  • Volume: 96
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 0033-3506
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00333506

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Age; Attitudes; Data collection; Gender; Laws; Manual safety belts; Public opinion; Questionnaires; Smoking; Surveys; Utilization
• Subject Areas: Highways; Law; Research; Safety and Human Factors; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00376430
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-034 228
• Files: HSL, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Jul 30 1983 12:00AM