Dutch Travel Survey

Summary

Strengths: In combination with MON and OViN when methodological breaks are considered, this survey provides long time series and a large sample size. Weaknesses: One consequence of the survey are the margins around outcomes.

Type of data

Data Source
Survey

Type of Study
Survey different

Data gathering method
Telephone
Face-to-face

Access to data

Conditions of access
Cannot be downloaded directly.

Type of available data (e.g. anonymised microdata, aggregated tables, etc.)
Anonymised microdata

Formats available
SPSS (default)

Coverage

Coverage Years of collection, reference years, and sample sizes
Data was collected between 1985 and 2003. The sample varied around 100,000 people.

First year of collection
1985

Stratification if applicable
Two step sampling: 1) sampling of municipalities 2) sampling of addresses.

Base used for sampling

Geographical coverage and breakdowns
Entire Dutch population (until 1994 only individuals older than 12)

Age range
No age restrictions (until 1994, respondents were aged 13 and over)

Statistical representativeness
Population representative

Coverage of main and cross-cutting topics
Detailed study of: Mobility in the Netherlands: (1) origin / destination (2) travel times (3) travel distances (4) mode of transport (4) motivation of mobility (5) ownership of vehicles.

Linkage

Standardisation
No

Possibility of linkage among databases
No

Data quality

Entry errors if applicable
Survey errors

Breaks
Methodological breaks: (1) Break in methods between MON en OViN. (2) New research design from 1999 (3) Multiple other (smaller) breaks.

Consistency of terminology or coding used during collection

Governance

Contact information
Department of Labour, Dynamics and Mobility
Statistics Netherlands
Henri Faasdreef 312
2492 JP Den Haag Netherlands Phone: Infoservice: 003188 570 70 70
Email: info(at)cbs.nl
Url:

Timeliness, transparency
Data is collected and released annually.