The Omnibus Survey, August/September 2002, Travels.

Statistics Norway`s Omnibus Surveys are composed of questions on a variety of topics on behalf of several clients. The surveys consist of a fixed set of background variables in addition to the questions that clients pay for. Some of these questions are almost permanent since they are asked each quarter. This applies to questions about smoking habits and travels. The goal is to develop an omnibus of statistical production and monitoring purposes, that may also be used by public bodies with limited needs for information collection who does not wish to initiate major surveys themselves.

Themes and assigners from the Omnibus survey, May/June 2002:

1. Smoking habits (The Norwegian Directorate of Health and Social Affairs)
2. Travels last three months (SSB)
3. Statistics on cohabitants (SSB)
4. Travel costs (Norwegian Ministry of Trade and Industry)
5. Attitudes towards immigrant/immigration (Norwegian Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development)

Data from the survey is divided in different datafiles. This datafile includes data on travels, travel costs, household, work and voting.