Summary information

Study title

Alcohol and Driving

Creator

Klingemann, Hans-Dieter (ZUMA, Mannheim )
Kretschmer, Elvira (Bundesanstalt für Straßenwesen, Köln)
Riediger, G. (Bundesanstalt für Straßenwesen, Köln)
Schanz, Volker (ZUMA, Mannheim)

Study number / PID

ZA1052, Version 1.0.0 (GESIS)

10.4232/1.1052 (DOI)

Data access

Information not available

Series

Not available

Abstract

Attitude to alcohol and driving under the influence of alcohol as well as personal habits in use of alcohol. Topics: general contentment with life (scale) and satisfaction with condition of health; use of medication; use of tobacco and use of alcohol; drinking habits; motives and occasions for use of alcohol; frequency of alcohol excesses; detailed description of the situation and occasion of the last use of alcohol; place of meeting and distance from residence; means of transport used; intent to do without drinking before begin of a meeting and success in the observance of the intent; point in time of decision about the manner of return home; perceived opportunities for use of alternative means of transport; involvement in an accident or in a traffic check; attitude to traffic checks and knowledge of places of traffic checks; attitude to the car (scale); judgement on the effects of alcohol on driving behavior (scale); frequency of driving under the influence of alcohol and reactions of the environment to this; information on displacement, brand and year of manufacture of motor vehicle; kilometers driven up to now; possible reasons for doing without the motor vehicle; conduct in traffic and pleasure in driving (scales); attitude to observance of traffic regulations; knowledge of selected traffic regulations; appropriate sentence for driving under the influence of alcohol; preferred blood-alcohol limit; assessment of the limit of driving ability at which amount of alcoholic drinks; frequency of violations against the Road Traffic Act and involvement in accidents; punishments due to alcohol at the wheel; loss of drivers license; time worked each week; company size and changes of position in the last few years; self-assessment of social class affiliation; type of health insurance; media usage and leisure activities; Demography (ZUMA standard demography): age (classified); sex; marital status; number of children; religious denomination; school...
Read more

Keywords

Not available

Methodology

Data collection period

1979

Country

Germany

Time dimension

Not available

Analysis unit

Not available

Universe

Not available

Sampling procedure

Multi-stage stratified random sample

Kind of data

Not available

Data collection mode

Oral survey with standardized questionnaire

Access

Publisher

GESIS Data Archive for the Social Sciences

Publication year

1981

Terms of data access

A - Data and documents are released for academic research and teaching.

Related publications

Not available