BPSAQ Post Interview questions

The Consumer Expenditure Surveys: The Quarterly Interview and the Diary

Attachment F - post_survey_qs

Measurement Issues Study - CEQ

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Name: PSAQ_INTRO
SAS Name: PSAQ_INTRO
Universe Description:
Question Text: I would like to change topics and ask you a few questions about your experience
completing this interview. Your responses will help us improve the survey.
Answer List: Tcontinue
Value:

Mnemonic:

Description:

1

Continue

Enter 1 to Continue

Skip Instructions: <1> [goto PSAQ_1]

Name: PSAQ_1
SAS Name: PSAQ_1
Universe Description:
Question Text: How interesting was this survey to you? Would you say it was ^PSAQ1_FILL?
Answer List: TPSAQ_1
Value:

Mnemonic:

Description:

1

very

^very

2

somewhat

^somewhat

3

notVery

^notVery

4

NotAtAll

^NotAtAll

Skip Instructions: <1-4> [goto PSAQ_1_SP]
 [goto PSAQ_2A]

Name: PSAQ_1_SP
SAS Name: PSAQ_1_SP
Universe Description:
Question Text:

Enter the respondent's verbatim response if he/she does more
than simply repeat one of the given response options.

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Enter 99 if respondent only repeats response options and provides
no additional comments.

Skip Instructions: [goto PSAQ_2A]

Name: PSAQ_2A
SAS Name: PSAQ_2A
Universe Description:
Question Text: How difficult or easy was it for you to answer the questions in this survey - would you
say it was ^PSAQ2A_FILL?
Answer List: TPSAQ_2A
Value:

Mnemonic:

Description:

1

easy

^EASY

2

someEasy

^someEasy

3

someDifficult

^someDifficult

4

veryDifficult

^veryDifficult

Skip Instructions: <1-4> [goto PSAQ_2B]
 [goto PSAQ_3]

Name: PSAQ_2b
SAS Name: PSAQ_2b
Universe Description:
Question Text: Can you tell me a little more about that?
What made it ^Fill_PSAQ_2a?
Skip Instructions: [goto PSAQ_3]

Name: PSAQ_3
SAS Name: PSAQ_3
Universe Description:
Question Text: How burdensome was this survey to you? Would you say it was ^PSAQ3_FILL?
Answer List: TPSAQ_3
Value:

Mnemonic:

Description:

1

Very

^VeryBurden

2

Somewhat

^someBurden

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3

NotVery

^notVeryBurden

4

NotAtAll

^NotAtAllBurden

Skip Instructions: <1-4> [goto PSAQ_3_SP]
 [goto PSAQ_3A]

Name: PSAQ_3_SP
SAS Name: PSAQ_3_SP
Universe Description:
Question Text:

Enter the respondent's verbatim response if he/she does more
than simply repeat one of the given response options.
Enter 99 if respondent only repeats response options and provides
no additional comments.

Skip Instructions: [goto PSAQ_3A]

Name: PSAQ_3A
SAS Name: PSAQ_3A
Universe Description:
Question Text: Over the course of the survey, you were asked to participate in ^Fill_PSAQ3A
interviews.
Would you say that this was too many interviews, or did it seem like a reasonable
number?
Answer List: TPSAQ_3A
Value:

Mnemonic:

Description:

1

TooMany

Too many interviews

2

Reasonable

A reasonable number

Skip Instructions: <1, 2> [goto PSAQ_3A_SP]
 [goto PSAQ_3B]

Name: PSAQ_3A_SP
SAS Name: PSAQ_3A_SP
Universe Description:
Question Text:

Enter the respondent's verbatim response, if he/she does more
than simply repeat one of the given response options.
Enter 99 if respondent only repeats response options and provides

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no additional comments.

Skip Instructions: [goto PSAQ_3B]

Name: PSAQ_3B
SAS Name: PSAQ_3B
Universe Description:
Question Text: Thinking about the number of phone calls you received before each interview, would
you say that it was too many, or did it seem like a reasonable number?
Answer List: TPSAQ_3B
Value:

Mnemonic:

Description:

1

TooManyCalls

Too many calls

2

Reasonable

A reasonable number

Skip Instructions: <1, 2> [goto PSAQ_3B_SP]
 [goto PSAQ_4]

Name: PSAQ_3B_SP
SAS Name: PSAQ_3B_SP
Universe Description:
Question Text:

Enter the respondent's verbatim response if he/she does more
than simply repeat one of the given response options.
Enter 99 if respondent only repeats response options and provides
no additional comments.

Skip Instructions: [goto PSAQ_4]

Name: PSAQ_4
SAS Name: PSAQ_4
Universe Description:
Question Text: Do you feel that the length of today's interview was too long, too short, or about right?
Answer List: TPSAQ_4
Value:

Mnemonic:

Description:

1

TooLong

Too long

2

TooShort

Too short

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3

AboutRight

About right

Skip Instructions: <1-3> [goto PSAQ_4_SP]
 [goto PSAQ_5]

Name: PSAQ_4_SP
SAS Name: PSAQ_4_SP
Universe Description: ALL
Question Text:

Enter the respondent's verbatim response if he/she does more
than simply repeat one of the given response options.
Enter 99 if respondent only repeats response options and provides
no additional comments.

Skip Instructions: [goto PSAQ_5]

Name: PSAQ_5
SAS Name: PSAQ_5
Universe Description: ALL
Question Text: How long do you think today's interview took?
Enter response in minutes
Skip Instructions: <1-90, DK, or RF> [goto PSAQ_7]

Name: PSAQ_7
SAS Name: PSAQ_7
Universe Description:
Question Text: During today's interview, did you look at bills, receipts, bank or credit card statements,
or other types of records when reporting any of your household expenses?
Answer List: Tyesno
Value:

Mnemonic:

Description:

1

Yes

Yes

2

No

No

Skip Instructions: <1>
[goto PSAQ_7B]
<2,D,R> [goto PSAQ_8]

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Name: PSAQ_7B
SAS Name: PSAQ_7B
Universe Description: Yes, looked at bills, receipts, etc
Question Text: What types of record(s) did you look at most often?
If necessary, ready answer list categories
Enter all that apply, separate with commas.
Answer List: PSAQ_7B
Value:

Mnemonic:

Description:

1

Bills

Bills

2

Receipts

Receipts

3

Bank

Bank Statements

4

Credit_Card

Credit Card Statements

5

Other

Other (specify)

Skip Instructions: <1-4, DK, RF> [goto PSAQ_8]
<5> [goto PSAQ_7B_SP]

Name: PSAQ_7B_SP
SAS Name: PSAQ_7B_SP
Universe Description:
Question Text:

Specify:

Skip Instructions: <30 characters> [goto PSAQ_8]

Name: PSAQ_8
SAS Name: PSAQ_8
Universe Description:
Question Text: Do you do any financial activity online, such as checking your account balances or
paying your bills?
Answer List: Tyesno
Value:

Mnemonic:

Description:

1

Yes

Yes

2

No

No

Skip Instructions: [goto PSAQ_9]

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Name: PSAQ_9
SAS Name: PSAQ_9
Universe Description:
Question Text: Do you use any personal finance software, such as Quicken, Microsoft Money, or
Mint.com?
Answer List: Tyesno
Value:

Mnemonic:

Description:

1

Yes

Yes

2

No

No

Skip Instructions: <1> [goto PSAQ_10]
<2,D,R> [IF PSAQ_8 = 1 goto PSAQ_10]
[ELSEIF BControlCard.IB_R = 1 goto PSAQ_11]
[ELSE goto WebCATIBack Block]

Name: PSAQ_10
SAS Name: PSAQ_10
Universe Description:
Question Text: One idea that has been proposed to shorten the length of the interview is to give
people the option of sharing their electronic expenditure records with us ahead of
time. This would allow us to ask fewer questions over the phone.
Imagine that you are contacted to participate in a similar survey in the future. If you
could be assured that your data would remain secure and confidential, how willing
would you be to share information from your online accounts or other personal
finance software for the purposes of this survey?
Would you say that you would be very willing to share that information, somewhat
willing, not very willing, or not at all willing?
Answer List: TPSAQ 10
Value:

Mnemonic:

Description:

1

Very

Very Willing

2

Somewhat

Somewhat Willing

3

NotVery

Not Very Willing

4

NotAtAll

Not At All Willing

Skip Instructions: [goto PSAQ_11]

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Name: PSAQ_11
SAS Name: PSAQ_11
Universe Description:
Question Text: Thinking back to the Information Booklet that you received, did you use the Booklet to
prepare in advance for today's interview - for example, to help you gather information
about your household expenses?
Answer List: Tyesno
Value:

Mnemonic:

Description:

1

Yes

Yes

2

No

No

Skip Instructions: <1> [goto PSAQ_11A]
<2> [goto PSAQ_11D]
 [goto BlkWebCATIBack Block]

Name: PSAQ_11a
SAS Name: PSAQ_11a
Universe Description:
Question Text: Did you refer to the Information Booklet during today's interview?
Answer List: Tyesno
Value:

Mnemonic:

Description:

1

Yes

Yes

2

No

No

Skip Instructions: <1> [goto PSAQ_11B]
<2, RF> [goto PSAQ_11D]

Name: PSAQ_11B
SAS Name: PSAQ_11B
Universe Description:
Question Text: During today's interview, did you follow along in the booklet as the questions were
read, or did you look at examples only when the meaning of the question was
unclear?
Answer List: TPSAQ_11B
Value:

Mnemonic:

Description:

1

Follow

To consistently follow along as the questions were read

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2

Example

To only look at examples when the meaning of the question was unclear.

Skip Instructions: [goto PSAQ_11C]

Name: PSAQ_11C
SAS Name: PSAQ_11C
Universe Description:
Question Text: Did you use the Information Booklet in any other way to help you answer the
questions I asked today?
Answer List: Tyesno
Value:

Mnemonic:

Description:

1

Yes

Yes

2

No

No

Skip Instructions: <1> [goto PSAQ_11C_SP]
<2,R> [Exit block and goto the WebCATIBack Block]

Name: PSAQ_11C_SP
SAS Name: PSAQ_11C_SP
Universe Description:
Question Text: In what way did you use it?
Enter the respondent's verbatim response if he/she does more
than simply repeat one of the given response options.
Enter 99 if respondent only repeats response options and provides
no additional comments.

Skip Instructions: [Exit block and goto the WebCATIBack Block]

Name: PSAQ_11D
SAS Name: PSAQ_11D
Universe Description:
Question Text: Was there a particular reason you didn't use the Information Booklet today?
Answer List: TPSAQ_11D
Value:

Mnemonic:

Description:

1

Lost

Lost or forgot Information Booklet

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2

HardToUse

Information Booklet poorly designed or hard to use

3

Already

Already familiar with each expenditure category

4

Trouble

Too much trouble

5

NoReason

No reason

6

Other

Other - specify

Skip Instructions: <1-5,D,R> [Exit block and goto the BlkWebCATIBack Block]
<6> [goto PSAQ_11D_SP]

Name: PSAQ_11D_SP
SAS Name: PSAQ_11D_SP
Universe Description:
Question Text:

Enter the respondent's verbatim response if he/she does more
than simply repeat one of the given response options.
Enter 99 if respondent only repeats response options and provides
no additional comments.

Skip Instructions: [Exit block and goto the WebCATIBack Block]

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