Appendix C Recruitment protocol

Appendix C: Recruitment protocol

Thanks for reaching out about participating in the research study. This is a study for the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Our goal with the study is to collect feedback from the public to help improve a national survey of household spending. Any time we make a change to one of our surveys, we like to test the questions out to make sure that they are easy to understand and easy to answer. We’ll use your feedback to improve the survey.

Let’s go through the eligibility questions to see if you’d be a good fit for this study.

1. What state do you live in?

*If Q1 = outside of the US, the participant is not eligible.

2. Do you agree to use Microsoft Teams for the video interview and have your camera on? We recommend using a laptop or tablet with a large screen, because there will be some typing during the interview. If you will be using a smartphone or tablet, you will need to download the Microsoft Teams app before the interview.

Yes

No

*If Q2 = No, the participant is not eligible.

3. Next are three questions about the way your household usually prepares meals and snacks. In a typical week, how often do you … [insert category] – would you say [read response scale]?

	Prepare meals and snacks at home?	Order carry-out or delivery?	Dine out?
6 or more times per week
3-5 times per week
1-2 times per week
Never or almost never

*If Q3 Order carry-out or delivery = Seldom or Never, the participant is not eligible

4. How many people are in your household, including yourself?

5. In what year were you born?

6. What is the highest level of school you have completed or the highest degree you have received?

Less than a high school diploma

High school graduate, no college

Some college or associate degree

Bachelor’s degree or higher

7. What is your race or ethnicity? Select all that apply. (Read aloud full list of categories)

You selected [FILL]. Please provide additional detail. You may report more than one group. (Read aloud the full list of sub-groups for each selected category, ending with “or something else?”)

White

German Irish English

Italian Polish French

Text entry: ________________________

Hispanic or Latino

Mexican or Mexican American Puerto Rican Cuban

Salvadoran Dominican Columbian

Text entry: ________________________

Black or African American

African American Jamaican Haitian

Nigerian Ethiopian Somali

Text entry: ________________________

Asian

Chinese Filipino Asian Indian

Vietnamese Korean Japanese

Text entry: ________________________

American Indian or Alaska Native

Text entry: ________________________

Middle Eastern or North African

Lebanese Iranian Egyptian

Syrian Moroccan Israeli

Text entry: ________________________

Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander

Native Hawaiian Samoan Chamorro

Tongan Fijian Marshallese

Text entry: ________________________

8. What is your gender?

Male

Female

Transgender, non-binary, or another gender identity