B-16 Young Adult Demographics Module

Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) Study

Wave 4 Cognitive Testing Protocol

Young Adult Demographics Module

Young Adult Demographics Module

IF AGE 25 or OLDER  GO TO NEXT MODULE

Income

research question

Test existing W3 items to see if respondents are able to satisfactorily determine total income for their household. Are respondents interpreting the question as intended? Of particular interest is whether respondents who do not live with their parents distinguish the difference between R03_AM0030 and R03_AM0036, and are able to report income accordingly. (Test order of questions)

R03_AM0030

existing path item

1. Which of the following categories best describes your total household income in the past 12 months?

This is the total income before taxes of all persons in your household combined. Please include money from jobs, relatives, pensions, dividends, interest, social security payments or retirement benefits, net income from business, farm or rent, and any other money received by household members.

• Less than $10,000  go to Q3

• $10,000 to $14,999  go to Q3

• $15,000 to $24,999  go to Q3

• $25,000 to $34,999  go to Q3

• $35,000 to $49,999  go to Q3

• $50,000 to $74,999  go to Q3

• $75,000 to $99,999  go to Q3

• $100,000 to $149,999  go to Q3

• $150,000 to $199,999  go to Q3

• $200,000 or more  go to Q3

• I don’t know

R03_AM0031

existing path item

2. Is your total household income during the past 12 months above or below $50,000?

• Above $50,000

• Below $50,000

research question

Do young adults understand this question and are the options adequately capturing different living situations commonly associated with this transitional period for young adults? Do they understand the clarification text appended to the question?

R03_AM0038

existing path item

3. Where do you currently live? If you live in more than one place throughout the year, please answer for where you are currently staying.

• At home with parents or guardians

• In a dorm or other campus housing

• In a fraternity or sorority house

• In an apartment, condo or house on my own (without a spouse, children or roommates)

• In an apartment, condo or house with a spouse or romantic partner

• In an apartment, condo or house with friends or other roommates

• In an apartment, condo or house with another relative or family friend

• Someplace else

Tell me more about where you currently live.
IF NEEDED: Do you live there year-round? IF NO, Where else do you live? How did you decide how to answer?

IF RESPONDENT SELECTS MORE THAN ONE, Tell me about your answer.
NOTE IF RESPONDENT IS SELECTING MULTIPLE BECAUSE THEIR RESIDENCE CHANGES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, OR BECAUSE MULTIPLE OPTIONS APPLY (E.G., LIVES WITH BOYFRIEND AND OTHER ROOMATES).
If you had to select only one response, how would you decide which one to pick?

What do you think of these answer choices? Are there any that seem out-of-place, or anything we should add?

if live with parents  GO TO END OF MODULE

R03_AM0036

existing path item

4. Which of the following categories best describes your parents’ total household income in the past 12 months?

This is the total income before taxes of all persons in your parents’ household combined. Please include money from jobs, relatives, pensions, dividends, interest, social security payments or retirement benefits, net income from business, farm or rent, and any other money received by household members.

• Less than $10,000  go to END OF MODULE

• $10,000 to $14,999  go to END OF MODULE

• $15,000 to $24,999  go to END OF MODULE

• $25,000 to $34,999  go to END OF MODULE

• $35,000 to $49,999  go to END OF MODULE

• $50,000 to $74,999  go to END OF MODULE

• $75,000 to $99,999  go to END OF MODULE

• $100,000 to $149,999  go to END OF MODULE

• $150,000 to $199,999  go to END OF MODULE

• $200,000 or more  go to END OF MODULE

• I don’t know

R03_AM0037

existing path item

5. Is your parents’ total household income during the past 12 months above or below $50,000?

• Above $50,000

• Below $50,000

What reaction, if any, did you have to these questions?
NOTE IF RESPONDENT FOUND THEM DUPLICATIVE

How easy or difficult was it to answer these questions?
What made it easy or difficult?

How confident are you in your answers?

You don’t have to tell me specific amounts, but can you tell me how you came up with your answers for each of these?
PROBE TO DETERMINE THAT RESPONDENTS REPORTED PARENTAL INCOME IN THE CORRECT ITEM.