Survey on mobility of households 2025
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Survey on mobility of households 2025 (ŽP 14-01 2025)
What is the objective of the survey?
Survey on mobility of households is a new one-off sample survey with aim to obtain input data necessary for the improvement of the national emissions inventories for selected air pollutants and greenhouse gases for the road transport sector. Emissions inventories is used as a data source for compiling air emission accounts for the Slovak Republic under the Regulation (EU) No 691/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council on European environmental economic accounts.
The purpose of the survey is to obtain information from households on number of their passenger cars, on technical parameters, use and maintenance of the most used passenger car, and also information on household willingness to switch to alternative fuel car and household willingness to switch to using the public passenger transport.
The survey is conducted in cooperation with the Slovak Hydrometeorological Institute within the project LIFE IP - We're improving air quality in Slovakia.
When and where will the survey be conducted?
It is one-off survey that is conducted from July to November 2025. Based on random sampling selection, 9,000 households in 280 municipalities and towns across Slovakia (including the city districts of Bratislava and Košice) have been selected in the survey.
formát (XLSX 36 kB) or formát (ODS 25 kB).
Who will answers the questions?
The target population are individuals aged 18 – 75 who reside in private households in the territory of the Slovak Republic at the time of data collection.
What will we ask?
The following information are collected: information on the number of passenger cars in household, respondent's access to the passenger car and on technical parameters of the most used passenger car; information regarding use of the most used passenger car; information regarding maintenance of the most used passenger car; information regarding willingness of household to switch to alternative fuel car; information regarding willingness of household to switch to using the public passenger transport.
How are the household data provided to the office protected?
All data from the questionnaires are exclusively used for state statistics, are confidential and protected according to the Slovak and European legislation. Final statistical information is always published aggregated, and it is not possible to identify data on specific households and persons from it.
Can the respondent refuse to complete a questionnaire?
The national legislation imposes an obligation on the selected respondent to provide the required information, pursuant to Act No. 540/2001 Coll. on state statistics as amended. The Statistical Office of the SR is responsible for protection of the confidential data, employees are bound by confidentiality regarding all statistical data and personal information that they learn in the course of their work.
We thank all respondents who participate in surveys, as their involvement helps to identify current problems of the society and obtain quality and reliable information. In doing so, they contribute to finding solutions and fostering positive change.
How will the questionnaire be completed? How will the survey be conducted?
- The Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic contacts the selected household by letter, providing details about their inclusion in the survey. The letter also includes the name of the responsible person from the Statistical Office, along with their email address and telephone number and also the date of the interviewer’s visit to the household.
- Selected households can verify the legitimacy of the survey and confirm their inclusion in the survey by contacting the managers of the eight regional offices listed in the letter or in the following table: Contact persons for the field surveys in regions of the SR format (XLSX 24 kB) or format (ODS 17 kB).
- The respondent can then adjust/change the date of the interviewer's visit to his household, choose another meeting place outside his household, or will arrange the interview by telephone, if possible.
- The interviewer of the Statistical Office of the SR will prove his identity with a special authorization/passport at the personal meeting.
- A personal meeting with the interviewer is an advantage, it will speed up the completing of the questionnaire, enable it to be filled out more accurately and comprehensively (interviewers are trained in survey methodologies).
- The municipality/city will be informed about the conducting of the survey, which is helpful in solving the respondents' questions.
When and where will the results be available after processing?
After processing, the results will be communicated by the Slovak Hydrometeorological Institute on their website: https://oeab.shmu.sk/en/
Where can I find the results from previous surveys?
It is one-off survey that doesn't follow up on any previous survey.