Attachment E-1

Crosswalk of Revisions and Additions Made to the 1999 KFF/PSRAI Instrument,

General Population

Attachment E-1

CROSSWALK OF REVISIONS AND ADDITIONS MADE TO THE 1999 KFF/PSRAI INSTRUMENT, GENERAL POPULATION

Instrument Item Number	Item Source	Description of Revision	Rationale for Revision/Addition
1	Q34	Item reordered	Introductory item was moved from the end of the instrument to buffer the race-focused questions; primary source of care influences awareness of health disparities
2	New Item	N/A	Key demographic item; respondents’ source of health/medical information influences awareness of health disparities
3	New Item	N/A	Item included in an earlier survey of employer’s awareness of health disparities. Will allow for comparisons to be made on awareness of HDs between employers, the general population, and physicians.
4	New Item	N/A	Respondents’ awareness of major health disparities publications/campaigns impacts overall awareness of health disparities.
5	Q13	Reworded the item by excluding racial and ethnic category, and substituted “thinking about people like yourself”	Reduced the need to ask this question three times instead of once by adapting the item to reflect the respondents’ perceptions of themselves instead of specific racial and ethnic groups.
6	Q11	Excluded response options d) housing, e) education, f) employment, and g) income	Response options did not focus on health disparities.
7	New Item	N/A	Item addresses the respondents’ awareness of key health disparities that were not covered by the 1999 instrument.
8	Q12	Item reordered	Reordered to achieve a more logical flow given the deleted items.
9	Q15	Item reordered	Reordered to achieve a more logical flow given the deleted items.
10	Q13	Item reordered	Reordered to achieve a more logical flow given the deleted items.
11	Q16	Excluded response options d) housing, e) education, f) employment, and g) income; reworded racial and ethnic category from Latino to Hispanic/Latino.	Response options did not focus on health disparities; the racial and ethnic category name Hispanic/Latino is more commonly used than Latino.
12	New Item	N/A	Item addresses the respondents’ awareness of key health disparities that were not covered in the 1999 instrument.
13	Q17	Reworded racial and ethnic category from “Latino” to “Hispanic/Latino”.	The racial and ethnic category name Hispanic/Latino is more commonly used than Latino.
14	Q18	Reworded racial and ethnic category from “Latino” to “Hispanic/Latino.”	The racial and ethnic category name Hispanic/Latino is more commonly used than Latino.
15	Q20	Reworded racial and ethnic category from “Latino” to “Hispanic/Latino.”	The racial and ethnic category name Hispanic/Latino is more commonly used than Latino.
16	New Item	N/A	Items that focus specifically on the Asian American/Pacific Islanders population were not covered in the 1999 instrument.
17	New Item	N/A	Item addresses the respondents’ awareness of key health disparities that were not covered in the 1999 instrument.
18	New Item	N/A	Items that focus specifically on the Asian American/Pacific Islanders population were not covered in the 1999 instrument.
19	New Item	N/A	Items that focus specifically on the Asian American/Pacific Islanders population were not covered in the 1999 instrument.
20	New Item	N/A	Items that focus specifically on the Asian American/Pacific Islanders population were not covered in the 1999 instrument.
21	D1	Reworded item, respondent’s “sex” to “gender.”	Question reworded to reflect current terminology.
22	D8	None	None
23	D10	None	None
24	D11	Reworded the item by deleting “last grade or class” to “last year or grade of school completed”	Ambiguous wording of a standard questionnaire item, simplified the wording by making it easier to select a response option.
25	New Item	N/A	Demographic variable queries the respondent on their perceived health status.
26	D12	Reworded the item by deleting examples of Hispanic origin, “Mexican, Puerto Rican, or some other Latin American background.”	Reworded the item to reflect current terminology.
27	D13	Reworded the item by deleting examples of Hispanic origin, “Mexican, Puerto Rican, or some other Latin American background.”	Reworded to reflect current terminology.