Bingham C Raymond, Eby David W, Hockanson Heather M, Greenspan Arlene I
University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute, 2901 Baxter Road, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2150, USA.
Accid Anal Prev. 2006 Sep;38(5):1028-37. doi: 10.1016/j.aap.2006.04.014. Epub 2006 Jun 5.
This study used telephone interview data on booster seat use from a state-wide probability sample of parents with children ages 4-8-years-old who were living in Michigan. Interviews were completed with parents of children in 350 households. Analyses examined the entire sample, and three sub-groups: always users, part-time booster seat users, and booster seat non-users. Results indicated that booster seat legislation was a key determinant of the level of use and the motivation to use booster seats. Nearly 70% of part-time users said that they used booster seats because they believed it was the law. Similarly, 60% of part-time and non-booster seat users said that they would be more likely to use booster seats if use were mandated by law, with non-users being 3.5 times more likely than part-time users to agree that a law would increase their booster seat use. Finally, over 90% of part-time and non-booster seat users said it would be easier for them to use booster seats if a law required it, and non-users were almost six times more likely than part-time users to agree that a law would make use easier. The need for booster seat laws, issues of social equity, and implications for intervention were discussed.
本研究使用了来自密歇根州全州范围内对有4至8岁孩子的父母进行的概率抽样电话访谈数据，这些父母的孩子居住在密歇根州。对350户家庭中孩子的父母进行了访谈。分析考察了整个样本以及三个子群体：始终使用者、兼职增高座椅使用者和增高座椅非使用者。结果表明，增高座椅立法是使用水平和使用增高座椅动机的关键决定因素。近70%的兼职使用者表示，他们使用增高座椅是因为他们认为这是法律规定。同样，60%的兼职使用者和非增高座椅使用者表示，如果法律强制要求使用，他们更有可能使用增高座椅，非使用者同意法律会增加他们使用增高座椅的可能性是兼职使用者的3.5倍。最后，超过90%的兼职使用者和非增高座椅使用者表示，如果法律要求，他们使用增高座椅会更容易，非使用者同意法律会使使用更容易的可能性几乎是兼职使用者的六倍。文中讨论了增高座椅法律的必要性、社会公平问题以及干预措施的影响。
