Section Heading
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Changes and Reasons for Changes
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Original Instrument
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Proposed Instrument
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A. Introduction
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A. Introduction
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Moved question A1 to first question to provide rationale for call
before other questions
Reworded
question A2 to confirm household eligibility
Divided
question A4.3 into two questions (A4.2 and A4.4; A4.4 includes
the original question A5)
Reworded question A4.3
to enhance attractiveness of survey for respondents by mentioning
enhanced incentive for Summer survey
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B. Household Characteristics
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B. Household Characteristics
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Added question B1a to confirm household is ineligible for survey
Reworded
questions B1.1 and B1.2 to clarify meaning for respondents
Reworded
B.2 – B.3 to fully define eligible children in household as
including those “over 18 but still in school
Added
question B4c to verify birth date of school-age child who is 20
or older
Added
questions B5 to B5c to expand series of follow-up questions for
roster
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C. Child Demographics
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C. Child Demographics
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Reworded question C1a to clarify meaning of questions for
respondent
Deleted questions C3 and
C4 to reduce respondent burden (use respondent demographics)
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D. Dietary Behaviors – Child
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D. Skipped
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Moved question D1 to Section E
Deleted remainder of
section to reduce respondent burden, and because baseline food
consumption data are not essential for determining impact of
program on children’s food consumption
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E Program Participation – Child
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E Program Participation – Child
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Deleted E1.1; now incorporated into question F1
Added
question E2.3 to collect data on access to free supper meals for
impact analysis on food security to more logically sequence
following the new question E2.3
Reversed
order of questions E3 and E4 to more logical sequence following
the new question E2.3
Deleted
question E5.2 because it did not prove useful in the analysis of
first year data.
Deleted question E5.3;
replaced with F4.2 and F4.3b specifying location of meal program
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F. Food Security – Household
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F. Food Security – Household
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Added questions F4b, F8b, and F13b as probes to number of days
for respondents that say ‘don’t know’ in the
previous question to improve quality of data and classification
of food security
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G. Shopping and Eating Behavior – Household
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H. Shopping and Eating Behavior – Household
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Switched sections G and H so reports of household program
participation will not be influenced by responses to shopping
behavior questions.
Questions
G4 and G5 deleted. Now included in broader definition of stores
in question H1. Reduces respondent burden.
Added
questions H4 and H5 to determine whether “out-of-pocket
expenditures” included either WIC or SNAP benefits in order
to improve data quality
H12 – H15 revised
to provide a more balanced scale that has an equal number of
positive and negative responses
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H. Program Participation -Household
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G. Program Participation -Household
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Reworded question G1to clarify meaning for respondent
Reworded
question G6 to provide correct description: commodity foods
Reworded
and inserted question G7 (from original question I9 in section
I). Wording revised to clarify usage of working refrigerator.
Dropped H1.4 from original and reworded original H1.3 to include
emergency kitchens (now proposed G1.3) to reduce respondent
burden
Deleted H16 – H19;
proved not useful for determining impact of SEBTC program on
treatment group. Reduces respondent burden.
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I. Caregiver Demographics
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I. Caregiver Demographics
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Added question I1 on respondent’s gender to improve data
quality
Reworded
question I2 to clarify meaning of questions for respondent
Added question I6a to
verify date of birth of respondent who reported to be at least 18
years old in question A4.3 but now appears to be under 18 based
on question I6a.
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J. Additional Contact Information
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J. Additional Contact Information
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Deleted questions J2.1 to J2.5 and revised question J3 to collect
information for only one additional contact to reduce respondent
burden
Added question J2.b to
systematically collect e-mail addresses for back-up summer
contact while streamlining question J2
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K. Release of Records
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Deleted section since request for release of records is now
included in the consent letter from school district and the
required IRB statements about privacy are now included in
introduction at A4.4
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