Questionnaire on noise

This is a questionnaire relating to the monitoring and assessment of environmental noise. A core set is available which can be incorporated in a general population questionnaire. In a few occasions the tables have been filled with some typical replies from a large scale Dutch survey, in small blue italics.

 

A.1

How long do you live in this house

.. Year

(if shorter then 1 year: end)

 

 

A. 2

What are the positive aspects of living here

(more then 1 answer possible)

 

 

 

 

- quiet

38

 

 

- little traffic

38

 

 

- space

41

 

 

- shops nearby

48

 

 

- work nearby

28

 

 

- public transport nearby

45

 

 

- schools nearby

22

 

 

- close to city centre

25

 

 

- good connections to city

44

 

 

- lots of green/recreational facilities

38

 

 

- social neighbourhood (neighbours/family)

40

 

 

- view

33

 

 

- house in favourable position

56

 

 

- airport nearby

19

 

 

- environmentally sound (healthy air, soil, etc)

14

 

 

- safe surroundings

22

 

 

- others

4

 

 

- no positive feelings

1

A.3

What are the negative aspects of living here

(more then 1 answer possible)

 

 

 

 

- no quiet/noisy

27

 

 

- much traffic

21

 

 

- lack of space

8

 

 

- shops far away

12

 

 

- work far away

5

 

 

- public transport far away

8

 

 

- schools too far away

4

 

 

- far from city centre

8

 

 

- no good connections to city

5

 

 

- lack of green/recreational facilities

10

 

 

- not a social neighbourhood (neighbours/family)

8

 

 

- not a nice view

12

 

 

- house (or garden) in unfavourable position

6

 

 

- airport nearby

48

 

 

- environmentally not clean (unhealthy air, soil, etc)

23

 

 

- unsafe surroundings

11

 

 

- others

8

 

 

- no negative feelings

12

A.4 How much are you satisfied about:

extremely satisfied

very satisfied

satisfied

 

somewhat unsatisfied

definitely un

satisfied

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

a.

Your house?

15

36

43

6

1

b

living in this neighbourhood?

7

25

53

12

31

Introduction to Question B1

In this question people or objects are mentioned that produce noise, so they are noise sources. Can you indicate how often do you hear them around here?

B1 How often do you hear in or around your home the following noise sources?

(Only 1 cross each source please)

 

 

daily

at least once a week

at least once a month

at least once in the past year

never

a.

Urban traffic

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

b.

Traffic on highways, motorways, and the like. . -

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

c

passenger cars

71

4

2

1

21

d

delivery vans

27

13

8

3

48

e

heavy truck/ freight transport vehicles

29

15

9

5

42

f

motor bikes

16

14

10

8

53

g

mopeds

45

13

5

2

34

h

Civil aircraft

14

12

11

8

56

i

Military aircraft

2

6

13

14

64

j

General aviation

2

5

12

20

62

k.

Neighbours

43

21

10

6

20

l

Passenger trains

13

5

5

4

73

m

freight trains

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

n

trams or metro

1

0

0

0

97

o

industry

12

10

9

14

56

p.

building and demolishing

3

1

2

6

88

q.

Delivery of shops and business

10

8

3

1

78

r

bars/disco

0

2

2

4

91

s

luna parks etc

0

0

1

27

72

t

noisy sports (shooting,car/ motorcycle races etc)

0

0

1

2

98

s

others

16

11

4

3

66

B2

Next is a zero to ten opinion scale for how much (..source..) noise bothers, disturbs or annoys you when you are here at home. If you are not at all annoyed choose zero, if you are extremely annoyed choose ten, if you are somewhere in between, choose a number between zero and ten. Thinking about the last 12 months or so, what number from zero to ten best shows how much you are bothered or annoyed by (..source..) noise?

 

0= not at all annoyed

 

 

10= very much annoyed

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

a

Urban traffic

25

9

13

12

7

11

6

7

5

2

3

b

Traffic on highways, motorways, and the like.

23

10

12

12

6

11

6

6

9

2

5

c

passenger cars

37

10

12

9

7

8

4

4

4

2

3

d

delivery vans

43

11

11

8

5

7

4

4

3

1

2

e

heavy truck/ freight transport vehicles

27

8

11

10

6

9

7

7

6

3

6

f

motor bikes

23

7

8

7

7

11

8

10

10

4

9

g

mopeds

20

7

8

7

7

11

8

10

10

4

9

h

Civil aircraft

37

11

11

9

5

8

4

5

4

2

4

i

Military aircraft

25

10

8

8

6

9

6

9

9

3

7

j

General aviation

52

12

10

6

4

6

3

3

2

1

2

k

delviry of shops and business

85

3

2

2

1

2

1

1

1

0

1

l

neighbours

42

10

10

7

5

8

4

4

5

2

4

m

Passenger trains

82

4

4

3

2

2

1

1

1

0

1

n

Freight trains

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

o

trams or metro

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

p

industry

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

q.

Delivery of shops and business

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

r

bars/disco

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

s

luna parks etc

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

t

noisy sports (shooting,car/ motorcycle races etc)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

others

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

B3 To what extent do you consider yourself sensitive to noise?

 

0 = not at all sensitive

 

 

10=

very sensitive

0

1

2

8

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

9

7

11

13

9

22

7

8

8

2

5

Cl In what type of house do you live?

 

 

 

5

flat or appartment (downstairs)

 

 

25

flat or appartment building (higher levels)

 

 

31

semi-detached

 

 

15

semi-detached (angle)

 

 

10

semi-detached (twin)

 

 

11

single

 

 

3

other

C2 Is this house:

 

 

 

42

rented

 

 

57

own property

 

 

1

other

C3 What was the building year of your house?

(Remark: Ask for precise year; group later to needs)

 

4

before 1900

21

1900 - 1944

51

1945 - 1979

22

1980 and later

2

don?t know

C4 Do you cook meals on:

 

82

natural gas

17

electric

0

town gas

0

coal

1

other

C5 In what way(s) is your house heated (more then 1 answer possible)

 

86

central heating

13

gas stove

1

oil heater

4

wood stove

15

open chimney

2

hot air heater

2

town heating

2

other

C6 Did you ever had humidity spots in you house over the past year?

 

1

not at all

29

every now and then

6

often

4

all the time

 

C7 Did you have any mould growth in your house over the past 2 years?

 

77

not at all

17

every now and then

3

often

3

all the time

 

C8 Do you have a cat, dog, bird or rodent as a pet in your house?

 

40

yes

21

no, not any more

39

no, never had one

C9 Is your house specially insulated against noises from outside?

 

14

yes, from the start

18

yes, later, on a grant from authority or institution

6

yes, later, by present owner

52

house has no special insulation

8

don?t know

 

C10 Is your house specially insulated against noise from

(More then 1 answer possible)

 

11

road traffic

19

airplanes

4

neighbours

2

trains

1

industry

1

bars/disco

53

none of these

14

don?t know

C11 To what extent are you satisfied or dissatisfied about the insulation of your house against out side noises?

0= very satisfied

 

 

10= very dissatisfied

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

7

9

9

6

16

8

10

11

4

10

C12 Do you ever ventilate your house less then you would like because of road traffic?

 

 

Yes, often

yes, occasionally

no, never

a- because of noise

10

19

71

b. Because of smell

5

20

76

c because of dust/smoke

3

14

82

 

C13 Do you ever ventilate your house less then you would like because of airplanes?

 

 

 

 

 

Yes, often

yes, occasionally

no, never

a.

because of noise

19

25

56

b.

Because of smell

5

3

82

c.

because of dust/smoke

4

11

85

Instructions for this section:

In this section a few questions are asked about your experiences over different periods then the past 12 months. When this is the case, this is explicitely stated.

D1 In general, how is your health?

 

22

very good

57

good

14

just allright

6

sometimes good, sometimes bad

1

bad

 

D2 How often do you use sleeping pills or tranquilizers?

 

3

every night

3

frequently

14

every now and then

81

never

 

Instruction:

Again this is about your personal experiences over the past 12 months, excluding single or rare occasions.

N.B. When you work night-shifts, read for night: the sleeping period.

E1 At what time do you usually go to sleep on working days?

 

0

before 21.00 hour

1

between 21.00 and21.30 hour

3

between 21.30 and 22.00 hour

12

between 22.00 and 22.30 hour

24

between 22.30 and 23.00 hour

25

between 23.00 and 23.30 hour

22

between 23.30 and 24.00 hour

13

after 24.00 hour

 

E2 At what time do you usually wake up on working days?

 

1

before 05.00 hour

2

between 05.00 and 05.30 hour

5

between 05.30 and 06.00 hour

10

between 06.00 and 06.30 hour

18

between 06.30 and 07.00 hour

24

between 07.00 and 07.30 hour

21

between 07.30 and 08.00 hour

19

after 08.00 hour

 

E3 At what time do you usually go to sleep on weekends?

 

0

before 21.00 hour

0

between 21.00 and 21.30 hour

1

between 21.30 and 22.00 hour

3

between 22.00 and 22.30 hour

10

between 22.30 and 23.00 hour

20

between 23.00 and 23.30 hour

31

between 23.30 and 24.00 hour

35

after 24.00 hour

E4 At what time do you usually wake up on weekends?

 

1

before 06.00 hour

1

between 06.00 and 06.30 hour

2

between 06.30 and 07.00 hour

5

between 07.00 and 07.30 hour

11

between 07.30 and 08.00 hour

19

between 08.00 and 08.30 hour

27

between 08.30 and 09.00 hour

35

after 09.00 hour

E5 Do you usually sleep (nap) at other times during the day?

If yes: between .. and .. hour

E6 How often do you sleep with windows open?

 

always

often

occasionally

rarely

never

30

23

22

11

15

 

E7 How often is your sleep disturbed by noise from the following sources? (Please place 1 cross only per line)

 

 

 

daily

at least once a week

at least once a month

at least once in the past year

never

a.

Urban traffic

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

b.

Traffic on highways, motorways, and the like. . -

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

c

passenger cars

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

d

delivery vans

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

e

heavy truck/ freight transport vehicles

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

f

motor bikes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

g

mopeds

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

h

Civil aircraft

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

i

Military aircraft

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

j

General aviation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

k.

Neighbours

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

l

Passenger trains

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

m

freight trains

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

n

trams or metro

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

o

industry

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

p.

building and demolishing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

q.

Delivery of shops and business

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

r

bars/disco

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

s

luna parks etc

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

t

noisy sports (shooting,car/ motorcycle races etc)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

s

source unknown

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

E8

Next is a zero to ten opinion scale for how much (..source..) noise disturbs your sleep when you are at home. If you are not at all annoyed choose zero, if you are extremely annoyed choose ten, if you are somewhere in between, choose a number between zero and ten that best reflects the extent to which your sleep is disturbed. Thinking about the last 12 months or so, what number from zero to ten best shows how much your sleep is disturbed by (..source..) noise?

0= not at all disturbed

 

 

10= very much disturbed

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

a

Urban traffic

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

b

Traffic on highways, motorways, and the like.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

c

passenger cars

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

d

delivery vans

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

e

heavy truck/ freight transport vehicles

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

f

motor bikes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

g

mopeds

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

h

Civil aircraft

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

i

Military aircraft

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

j

General aviation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

k

delivery of shops and business

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

l

neighbours

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

m

Passenger trains

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

n

Freight trains

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

o

trams or metro

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

p

industry

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

q.

Delivery of shops and business

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

r

bars/disco

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

s

luna parks etc

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

t

noisy sports (shooting, car/ motorcycle races etc)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

u

source unknown

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

E9

Is your sleep disturbed because it wakes you up, prevents you from falling asleep (again), or both:

 

wakes me up

 

 

prevents me from falling asleep (again)

 

 

both

 

 

not disturbed

 

 

 

F1 What is your age?

F2 Male or female?

54 male

46 female

F3 civil status?

68 married or stable relationship

32 single

 

F4 What the highest educational level you succesfully completed.

(Please only 1 answer)

0 no education

6 primary school

46 Professional education

15 high school or comparable

20 higher professional education

11 university

3 other

 

F5

Which description fits you best?

44 I am paid to work 32 Hour of more per week

8 I am paid to work between l9 and 32 hour per week

6 I am paid to work less then 19 hour per week

12 I am fulltime housewife/houseman

19 I am pensioned

4 I am studying-

2 I work as a volunteer

2 Unemployed

4 I am invalid

F6

Do you regularly work night shifts, so you have to sleep in day time?

7 yes

51 no

42 not employed