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American Housing Survey (1973+) Comprises 2 types of data collections: a national survey of housing units, and surveys of housing units in selected metropolitan areas. The interviews cover core questions that are repeated each year, and an additional set of questions on recurring or one-time supplemental topics. The national data were collected annually through 1981 and have been collected every 2 years since that time. The metropolitan-area data are collected on a continuous basis and are reported annually.
American Public Transportation Association Public Transportation Fare Database Detailed information on about 250 U.S. transit agencies. Included are base fares, surcharges, discounts, short-distance route fares, multi-system fare arrangements, passes, tickets, equipment used, types of payment accepted, and much more.
American Time Use Survey (2003+) Collects information on how people living in the United States spend their time. Estimates show the kinds of activities people do and the time spent doing them by sex, age, educational attainment, labor force status, and other characteristics, as well as by weekday and weekend day. Also see the extract builder for quick cross tabulations (free registration is required).
British Social Attitudes Survey Series (1983+) Began in 1983, and has been conducted every year since, except in 1988 and 1992. Designed to produce annual measures of attitudinal shifts. For the latest, use the UKDA. To obtain a free account please register with the UKDA.
Houston Area Survey, 1982-2007: Successive Representative Samples of Harris County Residents Longitudinal study that began in May 1982 after Houston recovered from recession of the mid-1980s. Measured the public responses to the new economic, educational, and environmental challenges. Part 1, All Responses from 25 Successive Samples, contains all the responses from the successive representative samples of Harris County residents from 1982 through 2007. These are the data that enabled the project to analyze continuity and change among area residents over the course of 26 years. In 13 of the 14 surveys (the years from 1994 through 2007, the one exception being 1996), the surveys were expanded with oversample interviews in Houston's ethnic communities. Using identical random-selection procedures, and terminating after the first few questions if the respondent was not of the ethnic background required, additional interviews were conducted in each of the years to enlarge and equalize the samples of Anglo, African-American, and Hispanic respondents at about 500 each. In 1995 & 2002, the research also included large representative samples (N=500) from Houston's Asian communities. These additional interviews are included in Part 2, Additional Oversample Interviews. The data contained in Part 2 are based on a 14-year total of 6,576 Anglos, 6,086 African-Americans, 6,094 Hispanics, and 1,250 Asians, along with 387 others, and are of particular value in assessing the similarities and differences both within and among Houston's (and America's) 4 largest ethnic groups. Beginning in 2003, the data files have incorporated detailed information from the 2000 Census on the characteristics of the respondent's neighborhood, not only at the level of home ZIP code, but also by Census tract & block group. Found in Part 3, Information from 2000 Census, these data record the population and geographical area of each of the three sectors, distributions by ethnicity & immigrant status, age & gender composition, employment & commuting patterns, and levels of education & income. With this information incorporated in the datasets covering 5 years of expanded surveys, researchers are able to connect the respondents' perceptions and experiences with information on the neighborhoods in which they live, thereby adding a contextual dimension to analyses of the factors that account for individual differences in attitudes and beliefs. Measured perspectives on the local and national economy, on poverty programs, inter-ethnic relationships. Also captured were respondents' beliefs about discrimination and affirmative action, education, crime, health care, taxation, and community service, as well as their assessments of downtown development, mobility and transit, land-use controls, and environmental concerns, and their attitudes toward abortion, homosexuality, and other aspects of the social agenda. Also recorded were religious and political orientations, as well as an array of demographic and immigration characteristics, socioeconomic indicators, and family structures.
International Passenger Survey (1993+) Aims to collect data on both credits and debits for the travel account of the Balance of Payments, provide detailed visit information on overseas visitors to the United Kingdom (UK) for tourism policy, and collect data on international migration. To obtain a free account please register with the UKDA.
Road Accident Data (1985+) Road accident statistics for the United Kingdrom are collected from information about personal injury road accidents and their consequent casualties, to a common national standard. To obtain a free account please register with the UKDA.
Scottish Household Survey (1999+) Continuous survey based on a sample of the general population in private residences in Scotland. Provides representative information about the composition, characteristics and behaviours of Scottish households, both nationally and at a more local level. Covers a wide range of topics to allow links to be made between different policy areas, with a particular focus on information to aid policy decisions on transport and social inclusion. To obtain a free account please register with the UKDA.
Survey of Consumer Attitudes and Behavior (1953+) Measure changes in consumer attitudes and expectations, to understand why these changes occur, to evaluate how they relate to consumer decisions to save, borrow, or make discretionary purchases, and to forecast changes in aggregate consumer behavior. Changes in consumers' willingness to buy are best assessed by making use of the answers to all questions asked in the surveys, especially the open-ended questions that probe underlying reasons. Nevertheless, in order to make available a summary measure of change in consumer sentiment, the Survey Research Center uses the answers to selected questions to calculate an Index of Consumer Sentiment. Each survey also probes a different aspect of consumer confidence. The surveys use a national sample of dwelling units selected by area probability sampling that is representative of the adult population of the United States.
Sample Size: National sample of dwelling units selected by area probability sampling that is representative of the adult population of the United States.
Time Use Survey 1999/2000 [Palestine] Presents data on the time spent on the various activities such as work activities inside or outside establishments, housework, household care activities, voluntary activities, educational activities, cultural and social activities, mass media use, and personal care. Also, provides data on the percentage of individuals who carried out such activities, and average time spent on carrying out such activities for those who practiced. In addition, this survey sheds light on the social environment surrounding the individual while practicing such activities, including participants, place of activity, and means of transportation used in carrying out the activity.
Traffic Volume Trends (1970+) Monthly report based on hourly traffic count data reported by the States. Data are collected at approximately 4,000 continuous traffic counting locations nationwide and are used to estimate the percent change in traffic for the current month compared with the same month in the previous year. Estimates are re-adjusted annually to match the vehicle miles of travel from the Highway Performance Monitoring System and are continually updated with additional data.
UK Data Archive. Travel and Transport Data. Various transportation datasets from the United Kingdom Data Archive. To obtain a free account please register with the UKDA. Not all data is available outside the United Kingdom but most is.
