DOI: 10.3886/icpsr34913.v1
title: Seattle Household Travel Survey Wave 6, 1996
title: Version 1

description: The Seattle Household Travel Survey Wave 6, 1996 is the sixth wave in a ten-part longitudinal panel survey of the travel patterns of households in the Puget Sound region of Washington State. The survey series was initiated in 1989 by the Puget Sound Council of Governments (now known as the Puget Sound Regional Council); wave 6 was conducted during the second and third quarters of 1996. This collection contains the sixth set of panel data for approximately 2,000 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 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.
description: 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.
description: The data are not weighted; however, the dataset contains weight variables "HWGT" (Household weight) and "PWGT" (Person weight) that users may wish to apply for analysis. For additional weighting information, please see the Original P.I. Documentation section of the ICPSR Codebook.
description: The panel began with 1,712 households in 1989 and has been maintained at between 1,700 and 1,900. Approximately 20 percent of the households need to be replaced each wave, with attrition largely due to the household moving. For additional information regarding sampling, please refer to the Original P.I. Documentation section of the ICPSR Codebook.
description: Datasets: DS1: Seattle Household Travel Survey Wave 6, 1996
description: Households within the four county Seattle region (King, Kitsap, Pierce, and Snohomish counties). Smallest Geographic Unit: census tract
description: mail questionnaire; telephone interviewThe deposited study documentation for this wave did not include recruitment and retrieval questionnaires. Due to the lack of questionnaires, ICPSR has not produced question text, and some variable level metadata may be incomplete.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.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.