Seattle Household Travel Survey Wave 1, 1989 (ICPSR 34772)

Version Date: Jul 16, 2014

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Principal Investigator(s):
Neil Kilgren, Puget Sound Transportation Panel

Series:

https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR34772.v1

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Summary

The Seattle Household Travel Survey Wave 1, 1989, is the first wave in a ten-part longitudinal panel survey initiated by the Puget Sound Council of Governments (now known as the Puget Sound Regional Council) to assess the travel patterns of households in the Puget Sound region of Washington State. This collection contains the first set of panel data for 1,687 households in King, Kitsap, Pierce, and Snohomish counties. Due to various sources of attrition, approximately 20 percent of households needed to be replaced for each subsequent survey wave. The survey relied on the willingness of study area residents to (1) provide demographic information about the household, its members, and its vehicles, (2) document all travel for each household member, aged 15 years or older, for an assigned 2-day period, and (3) agree to participate in additional survey waves. After an initial telephone screening, survey participants received mailed travel diaries to aid in documenting travel information for the 2-day assessment period. Respondents were instructed to record their mode of transportation, trip purpose, number of vehicle passengers, departure and arrival times, ride fare, and parking costs. Demographic information for this study includes age, gender, education, employment status, and household income.

Citation

Kilgren, Neil. Seattle Household Travel Survey Wave 1, 1989. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2014-07-16. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR34772.v1

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Subject Terms

Geographic Coverage

Smallest Geographic Unit

census tract

Distributor(s)

Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research
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Time Period(s)

1989-09 -- 1989-12

Date of Collection

1989-09 -- 1989-12

Data Collection Notes

  1. This collection has not been processed by ICPSR. The deposited files are being released as they were received from the Principal Investigator.

  2. Users may notice that study documentation refers to the "Puget Sound Transportation Panel". ICPSR has retained the "Seattle Household Travel Survey" title that was provided by the data depositor. No additional information was provided regarding the title discrepancy.

  3. For additional information on all waves of the Seattle Household Travel Survey, please visit the Metropolitan Travel Survey Archive Web site and the Puget Sound Regional Council Web site.

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Study Purpose

The panel was undertaken to serve three basic objectives: (1) to be a metropolitan "current population survey" to track changes in employment, work characteristics, household composition, and vehicle availability; (2) to monitor changes in travel behavior and responses to changes in the transportation environment; and (3) to examine changes in attitudes and values as they affect mode choice and travel behavior.

Sample

For information on sampling, please see "Sample Stratification" section of the Household Travel Panel documentation included with this release.

Time Method

Longitudinal: Panel: Continuous

Universe

Households within the four county Seattle region (King, Kitsap, Pierce, and Snohomish counties).

Unit(s) of Observation

individual, household

Data Type(s)

Mode of Data Collection

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Original Release Date

2014-07-16

Version History

2018-02-15 The citation of this study may have changed due to the new version control system that has been implemented. The previous citation was:
  • Kilgren, Neil. Seattle Household Travel Survey Wave 1, 1989. ICPSR34772-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2014-07-16. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR34772.v1
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Weight

The data contain weight variables "HWGT" (Household weight) and "PWGT" (Person weight) that may be used in data analysis. For additional information on weights, please see the study documentation included with this release.

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Notes