Motor Vehicle Occupant Safety Survey Methodology Report

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1998 MOTOR VEHICLE
OCCUPANT SAFETY SURVEY

METHODOLOGY REPORT

Conducted for the
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
U.S. Department of Transportation

Conducted by:

Schulman, Ronca, & Bucuvalas, Inc.
145 E. 32nd Street, 5th Floor
New York, New York 10016

September 30, 1999

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Sample Design

Sample Construction

Screening to Determine Household Eligibility

Selection of Respondent Within Household

Young Adult Oversample

Initial Contact

Spanish Language Interviews

Refusal Conversion

Field Outcomes

Sample Weighting

Precision of Sample Estimates

Estimating Statistical Significance

Statistical Comparisons Between Samples

FIGURES AND TABLES

TECHNICAL REPORT DOCUMENTATION

APPENDIX A1: ENGLISH LANGUAGE QUESTIONNAIRE VERSION 1

APPENDIX A2: ENGLISH LANGUAGE QUESTIONNAIRE VERSION 2

APPENDIX B1: SPANISH LANGUAGE QUESTIONNAIRE VERSION 1

APPENDIX B2: SPANISH LANGUAGE QUESTIONNAIRE VERSION 2