Modeling improvements in booster seat use: A discrete choice conjoint experiment

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1999-2009

  Cunningham, Charles E ^a   Bruce, Beth S ^b   Snowdon, Anne W ^c   Chen, Yvonne ^a   Kolga, Carol ^d   Piotrowski, Caroline ^e   Warda, Lynne ^e   Correale, Heather ^f   Clark, Erica ^f   Barwick, Melanie ^g  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^d St Clair College of Applied Arts and Technology   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^g HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Booster seat; Conjoint analysis; Reactance; Utilization

Indexed keywords

4-LEVEL; BOOSTER SEATS; CONJOINT ANALYSIS; CONTEXT SENSITIVE; DISCRETE CHOICE; INJURY PREVENTION; LATENT CLASS ANALYSIS; OPPOSITIONAL BEHAVIOR; REACTANCE; SERIOUS INJURIES; VEHICLE SAFETY;

EXPERIMENTS;

AUTOMOBILE SEATS;

ADULT; ADVERTIZING; ARTICLE; BULLYING; CANADA; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD RESTRAINT SYSTEM; DECISION MAKING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMAN; PARENT; PEER GROUP; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL MODEL; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; ADVERTISING AS TOPIC; BULLYING; CANADA; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD RESTRAINT SYSTEMS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PARENTS; PEER GROUP;

EID: 79961173806     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2011.05.018     Document Type: Article

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