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Who uses seat belts?
Author(s) -
Morgan James N.
Publication year - 1967
Publication title -
behavioral science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.371
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1099-1743
pISSN - 0005-7940
DOI - 10.1002/bs.3830120604
Subject(s) - seat belt , psychology , sample (material) , computer security , social psychology , engineering , forensic engineering , computer science , automotive engineering , chemistry , chromatography
Data from a national sample interviewed in early 1965 show that a third of the car owners reported seat belts in their cars, and a third of those who did have seat belts claimed that they used them all the time. The crucial factor associated with having and using seat belts is formal education, not age. Using seat belts is associated with other forms of risk‐avoidance behavior, but not with verbally expressed desire for security on the job (common among the uneducated with insecure jobs). It is associated with actual use of other new products, but not with verbal attitudes toward new products.