NHTSA Media Survey Questionnaire for Tucson, Arizona DSMPATE Project (Draft 04/08/09)
SAMPLE READ‑IN
COUNTY (FIPS CODE)
METRO STATUS
Date: ________________ CATI ID: ____________________
Interviewer:_________________________________________
Telephone Number: __________________________________________________________
Time Start: _____________ Time End: _____________ TOTAL TIME: ___________
____________________________________________________________________________
INTRODUCTION
Good afternoon/evening. My name is ____ and I am conducting a brief survey on behalf of the U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) concerning the enforcement of speed limits in Tucson, Arizona. May I speak with someone who is age 18 or older? (For comparison jurisdiction substitute location name “Southwest Phoenix Metropolitan Area” for “Tucson”.)
(CONFIRM AGE BEFORE PROCEEDING)
DUMMY QUESTION FOR BIRTHDAY QUESTIONS
Has had the most recent.......1
Will have the next.....................2
A1. Have I reached you at [telephone number]?
Yes
No – I am very sorry, I must have dialed incorrectly. Thank you, goodbye.
A2. Is this phone number used for...
home use 1
home and business use, or 2
business use only 3
(If 3) – I am very sorry; I’m trying to reach a residence. Thank you. Goodbye.
A3. How many persons, age 18 and older, live in this household?
______ Number of 18+ persons
IF ONLY 1 PERSON, SKIP TO A3 (VOL) None........THANK AND SCREEN OUT
Refused…………………….…4 Thank and end, [Soft Refusal]
A4. How many of those adults are (women/men)?
a. ____ women (VOL) None..........00
b. ____ men (VOL) None..........00
Refused…………………….……………………………….99
A5. IF A3 = 1 read "May I please speak to him or her?"
If A3 >1 read "In order to select just one person to interview, may I please speak to the (GENDER, If Refused in A4, read-in: "person") in your household, age 18 or older, who (has had the most recent/will have the next) birthday?"
Designated Respondent on line........…1 GO TO C
Someone else...........................................2 GO TO B
SCHEDULE CALLBACK...............…3
Refused…………………..............….…4 Thank and end, [Soft Refusal]
B. Hello, I'm _______________ calling for the U.S. Department of Transportation. We are conducting a study concerning the enforcement of speed limits. (If you would like to learn more about the survey, you can call our toll-free number at 1-888- or visit the DOT website at www.nhtsa.dot.gov.)
C. The interview is voluntary and the information you provide us will be used for statistical purposes only. We will not collect any personal information that would allow anyone to identify you. If there is a question you don’t want to answer, that’s OK. The interview takes about 10 minutes to complete.
CONTINUE INTERVIEW................1 SKIP TO Q1
Arrange Callback..................................2
Want to think about it/Not sure…..…..3 CALLBACK
Refused................……………….........4 END INTERVIEW
Do you drive a motor vehicle? (READ LIST)
1) Yes
2) No (Skip to Question 5)
Don’t Know
Refused
Purpose: To determine the relationship of being a driver (or not) with other
responses.
What kind of motor vehicle do you drive most often? (READ LIST)
1) Automobile
2) SUV
3) Van
4) Pick-up Truck
5) Medium or Heavy Truck
6) Motorcycle/Moped
7) Bus
97) Other (Specify) _____________
98) (VOL) Don’t Know
99) (VOL) Refused
Purpose: To determine the relationship of type of vehicle with other responses.
3. Do you drive that motor vehicle within the city limits of Tucson? (READ LIST)
1) Yes
2) No (Skip to Question 5)
Don’t Know
Refused
Purpose: To determine if respondent is regular user of Tucson roads and
relationship to other responses.
How many days in a typical week do you drive that vehicle in Tucson?
Record Number ______
Don’t Know (DON’T READ)
Refused (DON’T READ)
Purpose: To determine the relationship between frequency of being a driver and
other responses.
How many days in a typical week are you a passenger in a motor vehicle in Tucson? (READ LIST)
Record Number _____
Type zero if Don’t ride as a passenger (If Question 5=0 and Question 1 or 3 = 1 Yes, Skip to Question 7 )
Don’t Know (DON’T READ)
Refused (DON’T READ)
and other responses.
(If Question 1 and 3 = "2 No" and Question 5 =0, terminate interview and thank person.)
6. In what kind of motor vehicle are you most often a passenger? (READ LIST)
1) Automobile
2) SUV
3) Van
4) Pick-up Truck
5) Medium or Heavy Truck
6) Motorcycle/Moped
7) Bus
97) Other (Specify) _____________
98) (VOL) Don’t Know
99) (VOL) Refused
Purpose: To determine the relationship between the type of vehicle driven and other
responses.
Do you believe speed limits on Tucson highways are reasonable?
1) Yes
2) No
Don’t Know
Refused
Purpose: To determine relationship between perceived reasonableness of speed
limits and other responses.
Have you heard, read or seen any information about Tucson police officers currently using photo radar enforcement cameras to record if drivers are exceeding the speed limit?
1) Yes
2) No (Skip to question 10)
8) Don’t Know
9) Refused
Purpose: To determine relationship between Public Information and Education
Campaign awareness and other responses.
9. Where did you hear, read or see that Tucson police officers are using photo
radar enforcement cameras to record if drivers are exceeding the speed
limit? (DO NOT READ LIST; MULTIPLE RESPONSES ACCEPTED.)
1) Television
2) Radio
Billboards
Word of mouth
Newspapers
Magazines
Saw a camera
Someone I know received a ticket from photo radar enforcement camera
97) Other (Specify)_____________
98) Don’t Know
99) Refused
Purpose: To determine where the respondent received information from and
relationship to other responses.
10. How do you feel about photo radar enforcement cameras recording drivers
exceeding the speed limit? READ LIST
1) Strongly Approve
2) Approve
Disapprove
4) Strongly Disapprove
8) Don’t Know (DON’T READ)
9) Refused (DON’T READ)
Purpose: To determine whether the respondents approve or disapprove of using
automated speed cameras for enforcement and that view’s relationship to
other questions.
11. Why do you feel this way?
(If approve “1” or “2” ask 11a.; if disapprove “3” or “4” ask 11b.)
(DO NOT READ LIST; MULTIPLE RESPONSES ACCEPTED)
11a. Strongly/Approve
1) Will reduce crashes
2) Will reduce injuries
Will reduce deaths
4) Police should use whatever legal tools that are available
5) Will reduce speeding
6) Is good source of revenue generation for jurisdiction
Other (Specify) _________
Don’t Know
Refused
Purpose: To determine why the respondent approves of using photo radar
enforcement cameras for speed enforcement.
11b. Strongly/Disapprove
Gives police an unfair advantage
Could give wrong person the ticket (ask 11c)
Is illegal, violation of constitutional rights to privacy, personal freedom, is entrapment.
Is too much like “big brother” watching over us.
Is too impersonal; can’t tell your side of story.
Will not reduce speeding
Other (Specify) _______
Don’t Know
Refused
Purpose: To determine why the respondent does not approve of using automated
speed cameras for speed enforcement.
11c. Do you approve of photo radar enforcement cameras taking
a picture of the driver’s face?
(Ask only if 11b.(2) is given as an answer.)
Yes
No
8) Don’t Know
9) Refused
Purpose: To determine if would approve of using automated speed cameras for
speed enforcement if can guarantee the correct driver gets a ticket
(if that was their objection) or at least the wrong driver does not get a
ticket.
How often do you feel that driving faster than the speed limit will cause you to get stopped and ticketed: READ LIST
Always
Sometimes
Rarely
Never
8) Don’t Know (DON’T READ)
9) Refused (DON’T READ)
Purpose: To measure perception of how likely a person feels s/he will get stopped
and ticketed if s/he speeds and other responses.
13. How much safer do you think streets would be if photo radar enforcement
cameras are used in Tucson?
1) Much safer
2) Fairly safer
3) Not much safer
4) Not safer at all
8) Don’t Know
9) Refused
Purpose: To measure perceptions of safety when automated speed cameras are used.
14. In your opinion do you think penalties for driving faster than the Tucson
speed limit are: READ LIST
Too Harsh
About Right
Not Harsh Enough
8) Don’t Know (DON’T READ)
9) Refused (DON’T READ)
Purpose: To measure the perception of speeding penalty fairness and other
responses.
15. Thinking back to the last time you drove or were a passenger in Tucson
would you say that the level of traffic congestion was: READ LIST
1) Very congested
2) Moderately congested
3) Slightly congested
4) Not at all congested
8) Don’t know (DON’T READ)
9) Refused (DON’T READ)
Purpose: To measure the relationship between the perception of how congested a roadway is and other responses.
This next section asks for information to help us summarize the study results. No identifying information about you or your household will ever be released or published.
HIT “RETURN” TO CONTINUE
16. What is your age?
99) Refused
CATI system make sure the respondent is at least 18 years of age
CATI system ask for interviewer to verify if respondent is 100 or greater.
INTERVIEWER: If respondent refuses, use the question below to attempt to get their age. If I read some age ranges, would you be willing to stop me when I get to the category that includes your age? INTERVIEWER: READ LIST UNTIL RESPONDENT STOPS YOU.
18 to 24
25 to 34
35 to 44
45 to 54
55 to 64
65 to 74
75 or older
Purpose: To double-check and verify the respondent was of appropriate age for the interview and to determine the relationship of age to other responses.
17. How many home telephone numbers do you have in your household? Please do not count numbers for cell phones, or phone lines that are used exclusively for business purposes, computers or fax machines.
1) One
2) Two
3) Three
4) Four or more
8) Don’t know (VOL)
9) Refused (VOL)
Purpose: To allow proper sample weighting for multiple telephone households.
18. Are you male or female?
RECORD GENDER; ASK ONLY IF NECESSARY
1) Male
2) Female
Purpose: To determine the relationship between Gender and other responses.
19. Do you consider yourself to be Spanish, Hispanic or Latino?
1) Yes
(If “Yes”, INTERVIEWER MUST READ: “People who identify themselves as Spanish, Hispanic or Latino origin May be of any race.”) (INTERVIEWER READ ONLY IF NEEDED: “Origin can be viewed as the heritage, nationality group, lineage, or country of birth of the person or the person’s parents or ancestors before their arrival in the United States.”)
2) No
8) Don’t know (VOL)
9) Refused (VOL)
Purpose: To determine the relationship between being Spanish, Hispanic or Latino
and question responses.
20. What is your race? Please select one or more.
READ ENTIRE LIST.
RECORD ALL THAT APPLY
White
Black or African American
American Indian or Alaska Native (Eskimo, Aleut)
Asian (Asian Indian, Chinese, Filipino, Japanese, Korean,
Vietnamese)
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander (Guamanian,
Chamorro, Samoan)
DO NOT READ “Other”. ENTER ONLY IF RESPONDENT
PROVIDES A DIFFERENT OPTION THAN LISTED ABOVE.
7) Other –If volunteered____________
8) Don’t know (DON’T READ)
9) Refused (DON’T READ)
Purpose: To determine the relationship between race and question responses.
21. What is the highest level of education you’ve completed?
DO NOT READ LIST
Less than high school graduate
High school graduate (or GED)
Some college (or technical vocational school/professional business
school)
Two-year college degree (AA: Associate in Arts)
Four-year college degree (BA or BS: Bachelor of Arts/Science
degree)
Graduate degree (Master’s, Ph.D., Lawyer, Medical Doctor)
8) Don’t know (VOL)
9) Refused (VOL)
Purpose: To determine the relationship between education level and question
responses.
22. Please stop me when I reach the category that includes your household’s total annual income for last calendar year, that is, 2007: READ LIST UNTIL RESPONDENT STOPS YOU TO SELECT A CATEGORY
Under $15,000
From $15,000 to less than $30,000
From $30,000 to less than $50,000
From $50,000 to less than $75,000
From $75,000 to less than $100,000
From $100,000 to less than $125,000
$125,000 or more
Don’t know (DON’T READ)
Refused (DON’T READ)
Purpose: To determine the relationship between income and question responses.
(Ask Question 23 only if the response to Question 1= “1 Yes”, otherwise Skip to concluding statement)
23. Lastly, have you received a ticket from the police for exceeding the
speed limit in the past 10 years?
Yes
No (Skip to concluding statement)
8) Don’t Know (Skip to concluding statement)
9) Refused (Skip to concluding statement)
Purpose: To determine the relationship of having previously received a ticket for
speeding and responses to other questions.
24. About how long ago did you receive a ticket for exceeding the speed limit?
Was it? READ LIST
Less than one year ago
One year to less than two years ago
Two years to less than five years ago
Five to 10 years ago
8) Don’t Know
9) Refused
Purpose: To determine the relationship between how long ago a person received a
speeding ticket and responses to other questions.
(Concluding Statement): This concludes the study questions. On behalf of the United States Department of Transportation, I thank you for your time. Goodbye.
HIT “RETURN” TO CONTINUE
Interviewer Close Out Questions |
THESE QUESTIONS ARE ANSWERED BY THE INTERVIEWER AFTER THE RESPONDENT HANGS UP.
I0050. HOW WELL DID THE RESPONDENT SEEM TO UNDERSTAND THE QUESTIONS?
Not at all
Not very well
Well
Very well
I0100. HOW COOPERATIVE WAS THE RESPONDENT IN ANSWERING THE QUESTIONS?
Not at all cooperative
Not very cooperative
Cooperative
Very cooperative
I0150. IN WHAT LANGUAGE WAS THE INTERVIEW CONDUCTED?
English
Spanish
Both English and Spanish
Other - SPECIFY __________________
PLEASE NOTE ANYTHING ELSE YOU FEEL IS HELPFUL OR IMPORTANT ABOUT THIS INTERVIEW. CONTINUE TO ENTER TEXT OF RESPONSE
99) No notes to add
| File Type | application/msword |
| File Title | NHTSA Media Survey Questionnaire for Tucson, Arizona DSMPATE Project |
| Author | Michael Campbell |
| Last Modified By | Walter.Culbreath |
| File Modified | 2009-04-15 |
| File Created | 2009-04-15 |