V. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
Connecticut Telephone Survey
A. Characteristics of Connecticut Telephone Survey Respondents
Connecticut conducted telephone surveys before and after each holiday enforcement and media period. The race and age groups of survey respondents for each survey are presented below in Table 2, Table 3, and Table 4. As indicated in Table 2, the proportion of men and women responding to the survey was slightly skewed towards men during the first, third, and fourth surveys than their proportion of Connecticut’s population. Table 3 shows the percentage of respondents identifying themselves as White, Black, or Asian in each survey were somewhat higher than their proportion in the State’s population estimates. The proportion of respondents identifying themselves as Native American or other was somewhat lower. Overall, the proportions were generally similar to the population estimates. As shown in Table 4, the proportion of respondents identifying themselves in each age group was similar to their proportions in the population of the State except for the 16- to 20-year-old group, which was underrepresented. As indicated in Table 5, respondents cited a car about 67 percent of the time on average across all four survey administrations when asked what vehicle they drove the most. Telephone respondents reported SUVs second most frequently at about 13 percent, on average across survey administrations, as the vehicle driven most often.
Weights were applied to the telephone data when all respondents were included in analyses to account for the under-representation of the younger age groups in the survey responses. All telephone survey question analyses of the responses of men 21 to 34 years old were unweighted.
Table 2. Connecticut Telephone Survey Q27: Self–Reported Gender by Survey Administration
Self-Reported Gender |
July 4th |
July 4th |
Winter |
Winter |
Overall |
CT Population Statistics* (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
(N=600) |
(N=620) |
(N=601) |
(N=600) |
(N=2,421) |
Pop: 3,405,565 |
Male |
50.0 |
48.4 |
49.9 |
50.0 |
50.0 |
48.4 |
Female |
50.0 |
51.6 |
50.1 |
50.0 |
50.0 |
51.6 |
Total |
100 |
100 |
100 |
100 |
100 |
100 |
* 2000 U.S. Census Estimates |
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Table 3. Connecticut Telephone Survey Q29: Self–Reported Race by Survey Administration
Self-Reported |
July 4th |
July 4th |
Winter |
Winter |
Overall |
CT Population Statistics* (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
(N=600) |
(N=620) |
(N=601) |
(N=600) |
(N=2,421) |
Pop: 3,405,565 |
White |
85.8 |
89.0 |
89.9 |
87.7 |
88.1 |
81.6 |
Black |
5.8 |
4.5 |
2.5 |
3.3 |
4.0 |
9.0 |
Asian |
2.2 |
1.9 |
2.7 |
1.7 |
2.1 |
0.3 |
Native American |
0.8 |
0.5 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.3 |
2.4 |
Native Hawaiian |
0.3 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
Other |
1.8 |
1.8 |
1.8 |
2.8 |
2.1 |
6.7 |
Refused |
3.2 |
2.3 |
3.2 |
4.0 |
3.1 |
|
Total |
100 |
100 |
100 |
100 |
100 |
100 |
| * 2000 U.S. Census Estimates | ||||||
Table 4. Connecticut Telephone Survey Q28: Self-Reported Age Group by Survey Administration
Self-Reported |
July 4th |
July 4th |
Winter |
Winter |
Overall |
CT Population Statistics* (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
(N=600) |
(N=620) |
(N=601) |
(N=600) |
(N=2421) |
Pop: 2,652,316 |
16-20 |
3.3 |
2.7 |
2.7 |
2.5 |
2.8 |
7.9 |
21-34 |
12.8 |
14.8 |
16.3 |
17.2 |
15.3 |
22.5 |
35-39 |
11.2 |
9.4 |
10.5 |
8.7 |
9.9 |
11.1 |
40-49 |
23.0 |
21.1 |
23.3 |
23.3 |
22.7 |
20.7 |
50-59 |
21.7 |
20.2 |
20.0 |
20.0 |
20.4 |
15.2 |
60+ |
28.0 |
31.8 |
27.3 |
28.3 |
28.9 |
22.7 |
Total |
100 |
100 |
100 |
100 |
100 |
100 |
| * 2000 U.S. Census Estimates | ||||||
Table 5. Connecticut Telephone Survey Q3: Self-Reported Type of Vehicle Driven Most by Respondent
Type of Vehicle Driven Most |
July 4th |
July 4th |
Winter |
Winter |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
(N=600) |
(N=620) |
(N=601) |
(N=600) |
1. Car |
67.5 |
67.6 |
65.6 |
66.3 |
2. SUV |
11.0 |
11.5 |
10.6 |
9.3 |
3. Pickup |
13.2 |
9.7 |
13.1 |
15.8 |
4. Mini-van |
6.0 |
9.0 |
7.2 |
6.2 |
5. Full van |
1.8 |
1.9 |
1.5 |
2.0 |
6. Other |
0.3 |
0.2 |
1.8 |
0.2 |
7. Refused |
0.2 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
Total |
100 |
100 |
100 |
100 |