NRBS 2012

2012 Survey Factsheets

• December 2014
• January 2015

2012 Survey Report

2012 Survey Questionnaires

• Trip Survey Questionnaire
• Participant Survey Questionnaire
• Boat Telephone Survey Questionnaire
• Boat Mail Survey Questionnaire

Methodology Reports

• Trip Survey Methodology Report
• Participant Methodology Report

2012 Survey Microdata Files

• Water-day Dataset
• Docked-day Dataset
• Household Participation Data
• Individual Participation Data

NRBS 2011

The Coast Guard's 2011 National Recreational Boating Survey was conducted from August 24, 2011 through December 31, 2011 by mail as well as by telephone. The mail survey targeted US households owning a registered recreational boat. The telephone survey's target population was that of US households owning a recreational boat (whether it must be registered or not), or have a member who participated in recreational boating in 2011.

2011 National Recreational Boating Survey Report

Survey Micro Data and Documentation

The ReadMeFirst.docx file must be read before using the micro-data files. It contains the 2011 NRBS analytic and reporting guidelines for analyzing the survey data to produce boating statistics.

• General Boat Survey File.zip
• Detailed Boat Survey File.zip
• Household Level File.zip
• Individual Level File.zip

Survey Questionnaires

• Survey Questionnaires.zip

2011 Survey Technical Report

• 2011 NRBS Technical Report.docx

NRBS 2002

The U.S. Coast Guard completed 25,547 interviews with recreational boaters who operated boats between September 2001 and September 2002. The goal of the survey was to gather information that will assist agencies in developing intervention strategies reducing boater risk.

• 2002 Survey Report (885 KB)
• Territory Data Report (582 KB)
• State Data Report (1.75 MB)
• Technical Report (673 KB)