Child Restraints: Preliminary 1975 Survey on Usage and Attitudes

A 1975 observation survey indicated only about 25% of child vehicle occupants under eight years were restrained, compared to 75% of adults. This dataset from the NSW Government contains preliminary qualitative information from group discussions with mothers, intended to guide a publicity campaign and a broader community survey on child restraint usage and attitudes. The data is provided in PDF format under an OGL-CA-2.0 license.

Use Cases

• Analyzing historical public attitudes towards child vehicle safety based on qualitative discussions described in the summary.
• Informing the design of public safety campaigns based on consumer feedback themes mentioned in the description.
• Studying the evolution of child restraint usage rates from a historical baseline of 25% mentioned in the summary.

Strengths

• Provides a specific historical baseline figure of 25% child restraint usage from 1975.
• Describes a clear methodological origin from six group discussions conducted in February 1975.
• Has a defined purpose to inform publicity campaigns and survey development as stated in the description.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The description notes findings should not be generalized to the whole community.

Provenance

Source

NSW Government

Collection Method

A series of six group discussions with mothers of children aged six months to three years, conducted in February 1975.

Time Range

February 1975

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-26 07:00:22.343518; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Likely New South Wales, Australia, given the source organization.