Child Restraint Use Survey (LATCH Use and Misuse): Coding Manual

The purpose of this project was to collect quantitative data and other information concerning the restraint use of children in passenger vehicles. In particular, the project was conducted to obtain information regarding whether LATCH technology (Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children) was being used in vehicles equipped with LATCH, and whether LATCH technology was being used correctly in the installation of child restraint systems (CRSs). The study also sought information about drivers’ knowledge of booster seats and their purposes, as well as drivers’ knowledge about the new LATCH technology for CRSs. In addition, if LATCH equipment was available in the vehicles, information about drivers’ likes and dislikes about LATCH technology was obtained, and whether there were preferences for using safety belts to secure the CRS to the vehicle over use of lower anchors. Additionally, the study sought to identify relationships between selected driver demographic characteristics (age, gender, race/ethnicity) and restraint use of children; as well as the relationship that variables such as the demographics of other occupants in the vehicle, vehicle type, occupant seating position, and restraint type available for the seating position had on restraint use. This Coding Manual provides information about data collected in 7 States from 1,182 vehicles that were transporting 1,728 children ages 12 and under. Data are organized into two sets—a Vehicle data set and an Occupant data set. This Manual provides a description of the 126 variables in the Vehicle data set and the 91 variables in the Occupant data set to be used for statistical analysis purposes.

• Record URL:
  http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/Pubs/811852.pdf
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• Corporate Authors:

  TransAnalytics, LLC

  1722 Sumneytown Pike, Box 328
  Kulpsville, PA  United States  19443

  National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

  Office of Regulatory Analysis and Evaluation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Lococo, Kathy H
  • Decina, Lawrence E
• Publication Date: 2013-12

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Appendices; Glossary; Tables;
• Pagination: 261p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Booster seats; Child restraint systems; Children; Coding systems; Demographics; Drivers; Vehicle occupants
• Identifier Terms: Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children (LATCH)
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01516571
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: DOT HS 811 852
• Contract Numbers: DTNH22-03-C-06010
• Files: HSL, TRIS, ATRI, USDOT
• Created Date: Feb 28 2014 1:32PM