DATELINE Design and Application of a Travel Survey for European Long-distance Trips based on an International Network of Expertise EUROSTAT Meeting, Luxembourg, 6/7 December, 2001

STRUCTURE OF THE WORK

EUROSTAT Meeting, Luxembourg, 6/7 December, 2001 PROGRESS OF WORK Questionnaires completed Survey design completed Administrative matters cleared; contract amended Survey organisations nominated Survey infrastructure (personal, equipment, tools) built up Survey on the way in all countries EUROSTAT Meeting, Luxembourg, 6/7 December, 2001

EUROSTAT Meeting, Luxembourg, 6/7 December, 2001 STATUS OF WORK Ongoing work Fieldwork Data preparation Preparation for weighting and projection Networking and dissemination EUROSTAT Meeting, Luxembourg, 6/7 December, 2001

EUROSTAT Meeting, Luxembourg, 6/7 December, 2001 STATUS OF WORK Forthcoming work Establishing data analysis software Processing and analysing data Comparison with other data sources O-D Matrices Qualitative analysis for modelling EUROSTAT Meeting, Luxembourg, 6/7 December, 2001

EUROSTAT Meeting, Luxembourg, 6/7 December, 2001 TIME SCHEDULE Fieldwork will conclude in September 2002 Weighting and projection work has started, but needs complete database Analysis and related work will finish in March 2003 Application for a 6 month extension has been made; project is expected to finish in June 2003 EUROSTAT Meeting, Luxembourg, 6/7 December, 2001

SURVEY CHARACTERISTICS Possible methods: postal - telephone - fact-to-face Support by national institutions Survey duration: 12 months Two-phase design; journeys - trips Ongoing supervision Harmonised definitions / results Validation: Exploration of non-reported journeys Non-Response Survey EUROSTAT Meeting, Luxembourg, 6/7 December, 2001