The impact of legislation on self-reported safety belt use in a working population

Jonathan E. Fielding, Kevin K. Knight, Ron Z. Goetzel

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Abstract

To assess the impact of safety belt laws, we compared self-reported use of safety belts among employed residents of states with primary, secondary, and no laws in a group of 17,830 volunteer health profile participants. Failure to wear safety belts at least 80% of the time was reported by 22% of subjects covered by primary laws, 23% of those covered by secondary laws, and 39% of those not covered by any law.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)715-717
Number of pages3
JournalJournal of Occupational Medicine
Volume34
Issue number7
StatePublished - Jul 1992
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

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