- Author
- Buchbinder, B.
- Title
- Survey Results in New Data on Household Fires.
- Coporate
- National Bureau of Standrds, Washington, DC
- Journal
- Dimensions (U. S. National Bureau of Standards)/Technical News Bulletin, 10-11,22, January 1975
- Keywords
- surveys | home fires | housing
- Abstract
- During the year ending April 15, 1974, an estimated 5,575,000 fires occurred in households in the United States. These statistics are based on a household survey sponsored by the U. S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and the National Bureau of Standards. The survey was "piggy-backed" onto the Census Bureau's Current Population Survey (CPS) and was based on 33,856 U. S. households. The survey, which was conducted during the week of April 15, 1974, asked the respoondents to recall the fire experiences of household members that occurred between April 1, 1973 and the week of April 15, 1974.