A COMPARISON OF OBSERVED AND REPORTED RESTRAINT USE BY CHILDREN AND ADULTS
The reliability of estimates of automobile restraint use reported by interview is questionable. It is reasonable to assume that some respondents will give a socially desirable response, i.e. a false report about restraint use. To verify this assumption this study compares verbal reports about automobile restraint use with what was actually observed, both for the respondents and their children. For the children the rate of parental over-reporting was 38% while for adults it was 24%. Additional analyses suggest that the discrepancy between reported and observed use is related to parents' educational level, father's occupation, child's sex and whether the mother works outside the home. However, these relationships differ between parents and their children. (Author/TRRL)
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Authors:
- Stulginskas, J V
- Verreault, R
- PLESS, I B
- Publication Date: 1985-10
Media Info
- Features: Figures; References; Tables;
- Pagination: p. 381-386
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Serial:
- Accident Analysis & Prevention
- Volume: 17
- Issue Number: 5
- Publisher: Elsevier
- ISSN: 0001-4575
- Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00014575
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Adults; Alternatives analysis; Child restraint systems; Field studies; Interviewing; Manual safety belts; Utilization
- Old TRIS Terms: Field observation
- ITRD Terms: 1747: Adult; 8018: Canada; 1758: Child; 6440: Error; 8555: Information documentation; 9147: Interview; 1466: Passive safety system; 2253: Sociology; 9084: Use
- Subject Areas: Highways; Research; Safety and Human Factors;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00459394
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
- Report/Paper Numbers: HS-039 408
- Files: HSL, ITRD, TRIS
- Created Date: Oct 31 1990 12:00AM