Appendix H.1 - Answering Machine Message - English

OMB Number: XXXX-XXXX Expiration Date: XX/XX/20XX

APPENDIX H.1: ANSWERING MACHINE MESSAGE – ENGLISH

OMB Number.: XXXX-XXXX

Expire Date: XX/XX/20XX

Answering machine/voice mail message

Hello, I am calling for [FIRST, LAST NAME OF RESPONDENT] from Westat, a survey research firm, on behalf of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. We recently sent you a survey for the Food and Your Household Study. We have not received your survey and would like to complete the survey over the phone. The questions take about 25 minutes to complete, and you may stop at any time or refuse to answer any questions you don’t want to. After completing the survey, we will send you $20 to thank you for your time. To complete this survey by phone, please call us at 1-XXX-XXX-XXXX.

According to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, an agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a valid OMB control number. The valid OMB control number for this information collection is XXXX-XXXX. The time required to complete this information collection is estimated to average 1 minute per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data resources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information.