Comparison of young male and female drivers' attitude and self-reported traffic behaviour in Finland in 1978 and 2001

Journal of Safety Research

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 579-587

  Laapotti, Sirkku ^a   Keskinen, Esko ^a   Rajalin, Sirpa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b Central Organisation for Traffic Safety   (Finland)

Author keywords

Change; Sex differences; Traffic attitudes; Traffic behavior

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; DRIVER TRAINING; EDUCATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRAFFIC SURVEYS;

TRAFFIC BEHAVIOR; TRAFFIC SAFETY;

HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; CAR DRIVING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR VEHICLE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF EVALUATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; BEHAVIOR; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR VEHICLES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0345867102     PISSN: 00224375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsr.2003.05.007     Document Type: Article

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