This appendix includes examples of the questions used by several major survey organizations for the purposes of weighting cell phone samples.
This appendix should not be considered an endorsement of these questions, but rather is offered as a resource to researchers looking for examples.
NATIONAL HEALTH INTERVIEW SURVEY |
PEW RESEARCH CENTER |
CALIFORNIA HEALTH INTERVIEW SURVEY |
BRFSS |
GALLUP |
ORC MACRO INTERNATIONAL |
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Face-to-face interview |
Telephone interview |
Telephone interview |
Telephone interview |
Telephone interview |
Telephone interview |
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Overlap design – questions asked near end |
Overlap design – questions asked near end |
Screening approach for cell only |
Overlap design – most questions asked near end |
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Asked of people who can be reached by Landline |
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Do you have a cell phone for personal use? Please include cell phones used for both Business and personal use. |
How many different residential phone NUMBERS do you have coming into your household, not including lines dedicated to a fax machine, modem, or used strictly for business purposes? Do not include cellular phones. |
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Do you or anyone in your family have a working cell phone? |
Do you have a working cell phone? |
Do you have a working cell phone? |
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(If zero) Is this a cell phone-only
household without any telephone landlines? |
In addition to your residential landline
telephone, do you also use one or more cell phone numbers? |
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How many working cell phones do you or people in your family have? |
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Asked of people who can be reached by Cell Phone |
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First, to confirm, have I reached you on your cell phone? |
Including the one you are currently on, how many cell phones do you own for receiving calls? |
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Is there at least one telephone INSIDE your home that is currently working and is not a cell phone? |
Is there at least one telephone INSIDE your home that is currently working and is not a cell phone? |
Is this cell phone your only phone or do you also have a regular telephone at home? |
Do you share a cell phone for personal use (at least one-third of the time) with other adults? |
(If reached on cell phone) |
In addition to your cell phone, is there
at least one telephone line inside your home that is currently working
and is not a cell phone? Do not include telephones only used for
business or telephones only used for computers or fax machines? |
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Do you usually share this cell phone (at least one-third of the time) with any other adults? |
Is the CELL PHONE I have reached you on mainly used for personal use, or only for business purposes? |
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(If not reached on cell) Which of the
following best describes you? |
(If household selection used on the cell
phone) |
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To determine relative usage for dual users
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Of all the telephone calls that you or
your family receives, are … |
(Now thinking about all the people in
your household, including yourself,) of all the telephone calls that
(you/your household receives), are … |
Of all the telephone calls that you
receive, are … |
Thinking about all the phone calls that you receive on your landline and cell phone, what percent, between 0 and 100, are received on your cell phone? |
Of all the telephone calls that your
household receives, |
Of all the telephone calls that you
receive, are … |
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1 The Task Force thanks Leah Melani Christian of the Pew Research Center for helping to compile most of the information in this Appendix. The Task Force also thanks each of the organizations listed in the table in this appendix for providing access to the wording of their survey items.