Summary information

Study title

USA TRACOR Aircraft Noise Studies, 1967-1969

Creator

TRACOR Sciences & Systems (Austin, Texas)

Study number / PID

1280 (UKDA)

10.5255/UKDA-SN-1280-1 (DOI)

Data access

Restricted

Series

Not available

Abstract

Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.

To measure reactions of people to levels of aircraft noise in residential areas.
Main Topics:

Variables
Both social surveys and physical aircraft noise measurement programmes were carried out. The social surveys measured the effects of the aircraft noise on people's lives and characteristics of people which might have an influence on people's reactions to aircraft noise. Data on reactions were collected from three groups of cities. Somewhat different questionnaires were used for each of the groups of cities. The physical aircraft noise measurement data were used to determine the noise level at each respondent's residence.

Environment and conservation

AGEAIR TRAFFIC NOISEAIRCRAFTAIRCRAFT ENGINEERINGAIRPORTSANGERATTITUDESCOMMUNITIESDISTANCE MEASUREMENTEDUCATIONAL BACKGROUNDENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATIONETHNIC GROUPS

Data collection period

01/05/1967 - 01/11/1969

Country

United States

Time dimension

Cross-sectional (one-time) study

Analysis unit

Individuals

Noise

Subnational

U.S. adults

Universe

People living in areas near flight paths up to 12 miles from airports. The cities were grouped as large cities (phase 1) large cities (phase 2) and small cities

Sampling procedure

Areas were stratified by noise level. Sub-areas and houses were selected randomly. Households within assigned areas were systematically selected

Kind of data

Not available

Data collection mode

Face-to-face interview

Noise measurements

Publisher

UK Data Service

Publication year

1981

Terms of data access

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Patterson, H. and Edmiston, R. (1972) Evaluation of noise pollution level based upon community exposure and response data [Research report], (Contractor Report), : NASA.
Hazard, W. (1971) 'Predictions of noise disturbance near large airports', Journal of Sound Vibrations, 425-445
(1970) Community reaction to aircraft noise around smaller city airports [Research report], (Contractor Report), : NASA.
Connor, W. and Patterson, H. (1976) Analyses of the effect of numbers of aircraft operations on community annoyance [Research report], (Contractor Report), : NASA.