Sydney Area Transportation Study (SATS): Home Interview Survey, 1971

The objective of the Home Interview Survey (HIS) was to obtain information on the patterns and modes of travel by people living within the Sydney Study Area. Information was also collected about the characteristics of the people making the trips and their households. Three types of information were collected in the home interview survey: household data, person data, and trip data. The data are available in two separate files, a file of 'trip' records and a file of 'person' records. The household data is therefore repeated for each trip made by its members and person data is repeated for each trip made by that person. The Person Data File contains person data and household data for all persons interviewed in the selected homes. Each record of the Trip Data File contains the origin, destination, mode, purpose, parking and other trip information, as well as the person data for the person making the trip, and the household data for that person: number of card, type of housing, telephone in house, household size, family income, and changes in job location (head of household only). The household data is therefore repeated for each trip made by its members and person data is repeated for each trip made by that person. The Person Data File contains person data and household data for all persons interviewed in the selected homes. Backgournd variables include age, sex, occupation, employment sector, personal income, household income and employment status.