Table 2 - Differences Among the 1972, 1984, and 1996/97 Traveling Habits Survey
Table 2 - Differences Among the 1972, 1984, and 1996/97 Traveling Habits Survey
| No. | Topic | 1972 survey | 1984 survey | 1996/97 survey |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Source: Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Central Bureau of Statistics, 1996/97 Household Survey: Description of Survey (English in origin).