Preferences for lives, injuries, and age: A stated preference survey

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1814-1821

  Carlsson, Fredrik ^a   Daruvala, Dinky ^b   Jaldell, Henrik ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b KARLSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Accidents; Age; Choice experiment; Deaths; Injuries; Stated preferences

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; DECISION MAKING; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; RISK PERCEPTION;

CAUSES OF ACCIDENTS; CHOICE EXPERIMENTS; DEATHS; INJURIES; PUBLIC DECISION MAKINGS; SERIOUS INJURIES; STATED PREFERENCE SURVEYS; STATED PREFERENCES;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CITY PLANNING; CONSUMER; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ETHICS; FEMALE; FIRE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INJURY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK REDUCTION; STATISTICS; SWEDEN; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CITY PLANNING; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATA COLLECTION; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FIRES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; SWEDEN; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78049412278     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2010.05.002     Document Type: Article

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