《National Survey of Families and Households (P9238)》.docVIP

National Survey of Families and Households (P9238) WAVE 3 FIELD REPORT University of Wisconsin Survey Center 1800 University Ave Madison, WI 53726 July,15 2003 Prepared by Debra Wright, Project Manager Table of Contents OVERVIEW OF PROJECT 3 The University of Wisconsin Survey Center 3 CASES CATI System 4 BACKGROUND 4 NSFH Wave 1: The Initial Interview (1987-1988) 4 NSFH Wave 2: The Five Year Follow-up (1992-94) 5 NSFH Wave 3: 2001-2003 6 THE WAVE 3 SAMPLE 12 Sample Selection 12 Order of Fielding 13 PREPARING FOR FIELDING 15 Instrument Development 15 Sample Input files 15 Pretests 16 Main Respondent/Spouse Pretests 16 Young Adult Focal Child Pretest 17 Tracing 17 Tracing Database 17 Pre-Tracing 18 Tracing Protocols 18 FIELD PROCEDURES 20 A Toll-Free Respondent Line 20 Advance Letters 21 Coversheets 21 Calling Protocol 22 Proxy Interviews 23 Refusal Protocol 25 Respondent Payments 27 Interviewer Training 27 CONVERTING REFUSALS AND CONTACTING ELUSIVE RESPONDENTS 29 Focus groups 29 Peer Refusal Trainings 30 Mailing Materials 31 NSFH website and e-mail address 31 Refusal Specialists 31 END OF PROJECT REPORTING 33 Assigning Final Disposition Codes 33 Refusal Rates 38 Response Rates 42 Overall Response Rates 42 Proxy Response Rates 46 Response Rates for Respondents Located by Tracing 46 Response Rates by Fielding Batch 51 REFERENCES 55 OVERVIEW OF PROJECT The third wave of the National Survey of Families and Households (NSFH) was conducted by the University of Wisconsin Survey Center for professors James Sweet and Larry Bumpass of the Department of Sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. A subset of the NSFH wave 1 sample was re-interviewed using CATI technology. Production calling began on January 31, 2001 and ended June 16, 2003. At time 3, 81% of the sample was located. Of those located, 72% were interviewed (79% of time 2 respondents and 43% of time 2 non-respondents). Including usable partials, 9,230 main respondent, spouse, and focal child intervi