Non-response telephone survey

Homeowner Risk Reduction Behaviors Concerning

Wildfire Risks

Brian Kent & Wade Martin

4/10/07

Response to OMB (Ruth Solomon & Brian Harris-Kojetin)

The following set of questions will be used to test for non-response bias. Approximately one month after second mailing of the complete survey (the fourth contact), we will select approximately 10 percent of the non-respondents and contact them via telephone to ask them a subset of the survey questions (see below for a list of the questions). The answers from the telephone contact will be compared to the responses of the survey respondents to test for statistical differences using paired t-tests.

Questions for telephone contact to test for Non-response bias.

Hello, my name is ____________________ from Integrated Resource Solutions and we are working on a project for the USDA Forest Service. May I please speak to an adult member of the household. (Reintroduce self if necessary). I am calling to ask a few questions regarding wildfires and it should only take about 2 minutes of your time.

1. How many times have you visited National Forests in the past 12 months?

2. How vulnerable do you feel about the possibility of a wildfire affecting your property and/or possessions:

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

not at all extremely

vulnerable vulnerable

3. How confident do you feel in your ability to protect your property and yourself from the risk of wildfire:

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

not at all very

confident confident

4. To what extent do you find information about wildfires to be personally relevant?

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

not at very

all relevant relevant

5. What type of experience have you had with large-scale wildfire(s): Check all that apply.

_____ My house and/or structures on my property were destroyed (partially or totally)

_____ There have been fires very near my property (less than 5 miles)

_____ There have been fires 5 to 50 miles from my property

____ There have been fires 51 to 100 miles from my property

_____ I\we have been evacuated from my\our house because of the threat of a wildfire.

_____ I\we have heard about wildfire experiences through friends, family or neighbors.

_____ Other-- please explain: ____________________________________________________

6. Please identify your age group:

18-25 ________ 45-54 ________

26-34 ________ 55-64 ________

35-44 ________ 65 and over ___

7. Please identify your gender: _____ Male _____ Female

8. What is your highest level of education completed:

Some high school ______ High School _______

Some college ______ College degree _______

Postgraduate work _____ Graduate degree ______

Other (please specify ______________________________)