Table 2.
Demographic information for the MOBIS sample
| Variable | Level | MOBIS Intro Full | MOBIS tracking | MTMC |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | [18, 25] | 20.1 | 19.4 | 14.3 |
| (25, 35] | 19.4 | 17.9 | 21.4 | |
| (35, 45] | 19.9 | 22.5 | 22.6 | |
| (45, 55] | 21.6 | 23.2 | 23.7 | |
| (55, 65] | 19.0 | 17.0 | 17.9 | |
| Education | Mandatory | 9.2 | 6.6 | 13.8 |
| Secondary | 43.3 | 48.5 | 47.5 | |
| Higher | 47.5 | 44.9 | 38.7 | |
| Employment | Employed | 68.7 | 72.2 | 68.8 |
| Self-employed | 7.3 | 6.3 | 8.8 | |
| Apprentice | 1.9 | 1.7 | 2.2 | |
| Unemployed | 4.4 | 4.0 | 3.9 | |
| Student | 9.3 | 8.0 | 3.0 | |
| Retired | 2.5 | 2.3 | 3.6 | |
| Other | 5.9 | 5.5 | 9.7 | |
| Gender | Male | 48.9 | 49.7 | 49.4 |
| Female | 51.1 | 50.3 | 50.6 | |
| Household size | 1 | 15.5 | 11.7 | 18.3 |
| 2 | 31.7 | 29.8 | 32.0 | |
| 3 | 20.5 | 21.5 | 19.9 | |
| 4 | 23.6 | 27.7 | 20.7 | |
| 5 or more | 8.6 | 9.3 | 9.1 | |
| Income | 4000 CHF or less | 12.2 | 7.4 | 8.8 |
| 4001–8000 CHF | 29.4 | 29.4 | 31.4 | |
| 8001–12,000 CHF | 24.5 | 29.2 | 24.6 | |
| 12,001–16,000 CHF | 12.1 | 14.6 | 11.7 | |
| More than 16,000 CHF | 8.0 | 9.9 | 8.4 | |
| Prefer not to say | 13.8 | 9.5 | 5.8 | |
| Don’t know | 9.2 | |||
| Language | German | 62.7 | 66.0 | 69.5 |
| French | 28.6 | 26.4 | 26.5 | |
| Italian | 4.0 | |||
| English | 8.7 | 7.7 | ||
| Nationality | Switzerland | 98.4 | 98.1 | 69.5 |
| Other | 1.6 | 1.9 | 30.5 | |
| Access to car | Yes | 61.0 | 87.7 | 69.7 |
| Sometimes | 15.5 | 11.1 | 22.7 | |
| No | 23.5 | 1.2 | 7.5 | |
| Full PT subscription | Yes | 37.2 | 23.9 | 34.5 |
| No | 62.8 | 76.1 | 65.5 | |
| Half fare PT subscription | Yes | 47.6 | 48.6 | 37.6 |
| No | 52.4 | 51.4 | 62.4 | |
| No PT subscription | Yes | 26.0 | 33.6 | 37.9 |
| No | 74.0 | 66.4 | 62.1 | |
| Access to bicycle | Yes | 68.5 | 71.3 | 70.1 |
| Sometimes | 4.1 | 4.6 | 8.8 | |
| No | 27.4 | 24.1 | 21.1 |
Descriptive statistics shown for the MOBIS introduction survey (N = 20,783), the MOBIS tracking (N = 3644), and the weighted Swiss Mobility and Transport Microcensus 2015 (MTMC, N = 21,399) samples. All samples restricted to 18 to 65 year olds, with the MTMC sample additionally restricted to the Federal Statistical Office’s Commune Numbers present in the MOBIS introduction survey sample