Description

For children under age 18, SBELTCH reports how often the sample adult from the child's household wore a seatbelt when riding in a car. The answer provided by the household sample adult was applied to the person record for any children in the household; this should not be interpreted the frequency of the child's seat belt use.

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Comparability

There are no comparability issues.

Universe

Availability

• 1990

Weights

• 1990 : PERWEIGHT