| 1 |
Trip
modes surveyed |
Motorized
trips only, although data on travel on foot were also gathered |
Motorized
and nonmotorized trips |
Only
motorized trips |
| 2 |
Survey population |
Permanent
residents of Israel |
Permanent
residents of Israel |
Permanent
residents of Israel, including Jews domiciled in Judea, Samaria, and Gaza. |
| Israel residents abroad for less than one year |
Israel residents
abroad for less than two months |
Israel residents
abroad for less than one year |
| Potential immigrants: persons who were eligible for immigrant
cards and wished to stay in Israel for more than 3 months |
Immigrants and potential
immigrants who arrived in Israel before June 1983 |
Immigrants who
reached Israel before the survey date |
| Tourists, volunteers, and temporary residents in Israel for more
than one year |
Same definition
used for 1972 survey |
Tourists,
volunteers, and temporary residents in Israel for more than 3 months |
| Excluding diplomats and UN personnel |
Same as in 1972 |
Same as in 1972 |
| 3 |
Age |
5+ |
8+ |
8+ |
| 4 |
Tenants of
institutions |
Including
institutions where five or more persons spend the night |
Institutions
not included |
Including
students dormitories, immigrant-absorption centers, and sheltered housing |
| 5 |
Gross sample
size |
56,000
households |
5,000
households |
17,700
households |
| 6 |
Geographic spread and locality type |
Countrywide
(excluding Judea, Samaria, and Gaza) |
Two
expanded conurbations and Jerusalem and its surroundings |
Countrywide |
| Localities with populations of 10,000+ |
Not including Arab
localities in Judea District |
Not including Druze
localities on the Golan Heights, institutional local cities, and areas
outside settled area, including Bedouin tribes in the Negev |
| Small localities directly related to the conurbation |
Not including
kibbutzim and villages |
Including kibbutzim
and villages |
| 7 |
Investigation
period |
November
1972-June 1973; not including summer months and holidays |
January
1984-May 1985; two month interruption: July-August 1984 |
March
1996-February 1997; supplementary period: March-August 1997. |
| 8 |
Number
of investigation days |
One
24-hour day, starting at 14:00 on day preceding enumerator's visit and ending
at time of visit |
1.5
24-hour days, starting on day preceding enumerator's visit and ending at time
of visit |
3-4
investigation days, starting at beginning of day preceding enumerator's visit
and ending at end of day after enumerator's visit |
| 9 |
Investigation
days |
Sunday-Thursday;
the entire period from Thursday evening to Sunday noon was not investiaged;
holiday eves were not investigated; Sundays were investigated at the previous
day level, and Thursday at the current day level |
Sunday-Thursday;
the entire period from Thursday evening to Sunday noon was not investiaged;
holiday eves were not investigated; Sundays were investigated at the previous
day level, and Thursday at the current day level |
All
days of the week; holidays were investigated; Thursdays were not investigated
at the previous day level; Sundays were not investigated at the next-day
level; and Friday-Saturday were not investigated at the current-day level |
| 10 |
Investigation variables |
Demographic
and economic variables of household and individual |
Same
as in 1972 |
Same
as in 1972 |
| Travel-related variables: origin, destination, hour, etc. |
Same as in 1972 |
Same as in 1972 |
| Variables related to vehicles available to household: number of
vehicles, type of vehicle, etc. |
Same as in 1972 |
Same as in 1972,
plus variables related to parking |
| 11 |
Investigation
method |
Questionnaire
filled in by enumerator |
Same
as in 1972 |
Questionnaire
filled in by enumerator and diary left with respondents to fill in |
| 12 |
Geographic regions |
Tel
Aviv and Haifa conurbations |
Tel
Aviv and Haifa conurbations and Jerusalem and its surroundings |
Division
into geographic regions performed only at survey data analysis phase: Tel
Aviv metropolitan area, Haifa metropolitan area, planned metropolitan Area of
Beer Sheva, and Jerusalem and its surroundings |
| Tel Aviv conurbation: 27 localities |
Tel Aviv
conurbation: 41 localities (4 more were added during the survey, for a total
of 45) |
Tel Aviv
metropolitan area: 259 localities |
| Haifa conurbation: 8 localities |
Haifa conurbation:
14 localities; Jerusalem and its surroundings: 12 localities |
Haifa Metropolitan
Area: 101 localities |
| |
|
Planned
metropolitan area of Beer Sheva: 130 localities |
| 13 |
Trips |
Several actions-switching vehicles, stopping and
exiting vehicle, switching drivers, and changing travel routes-were defined
as having created two separate trips |
A
trip was defined by its main purpose even if there were stops on the way |
Same as 1972 |
| Reaching the destination by two means of transport or along two
routes was considered one trip |
| 14 |
Means
of transport |
One
means of transport per trip |
Possibility
of more than one means of transport per trip |
Same
as 1972 |
