2003 SSBF: Methodology Appendix MM Screen Reader version ^♣

Appendix MM

Level of Effort by Screener Final Disposition Codes

Level of Effort by Final Screener Outcomes
Final Disposition	Description	# of Cases	% of Cases	# of Calls	% of Calls	Average # of Calls
11/1	Ineligible - Owner Screened	2308	9.70	13767	6.09	5.96
11/11	Ineligible - Proxy Screened	49	0.21	323	0.14	6.59
11/12	Ineligible - DK Response - Owner Screened	173	0.73	929	0.41	5.37
11/13	Ineligible - RF Response - Owner Screened	10	0.04	64	0.03	6.40
11/14	Not Screened - Not In Operation In 2003	22	0.09	170	0.08	7.73
11/15	Not Screened - Not Currently In Operation	7	0.03	45	0.02	6.43
11/16	Not Screened - Majority Owned Subsidiary	4	0.02	51	0.02	12.75
11/17	Not Screened - Not For Profit	3	0.01	40	0.02	13.33
11/18	Not Screened - Not Privately Owned	17	0.07	103	0.05	6.06
11/2	Not Screened - 500 Employees Or More	1499	6.30	11620	5.14	7.75
11/3	Not Screened - Not The Headquarters	223	0.94	1322	0.58	5.93
11/5	Farm Or Financial Institution	59	0.25	375	0.17	6.36
19/0	Complete Interview and Eligible	9687	40.71	65581	29.00	6.77
25/1	Final Language Barrier	85	0.36	763	0.34	8.98
25/3	Final Computer/Fax Tone	145	0.61	870	0.38	6.00
25/6	Final Fast Busy	120	0.50	807	0.36	6.73
25/7	Final Disconnected	1101	4.63	3342	1.48	3.04
25/8	Final Wrong Number	646	2.71	4072	1.80	6.30
25/91	Subsampled out B1P2 Screener Code	1131	4.75	11174	4.94	9.88
25/93	Subsampled out B2P2 Screener Code	1099	4.62	14491	6.41	13.19
25/95	Subsampled out B3P2 Screener Code	1056	4.44	11617	5.14	11.00
33/66	Final Privacy Manager	65	0.27	1114	0.49	17.14

Level of Effort by Final Screener Outcomes (Continued)
Final Disposition	Description	# of Cases	% of Cases	# of Calls	% of Calls	Average # of Calls
33/87	Final Non-Contact w/Busy and No Answers	28	0.12	496	0.22	17.71
33/88	Nonrespondents selected for 5% follow-up	201	0.84	4174	1.85	20.77
33/89	Noncontacts selected for 5% follow-up	113	0.47	450	0.20	3.98
33/90	Final Non-Contact w/All No Answer or All Busy	159	0.67	1801	0.80	11.33
33/91	Final Unavailable	1068	4.49	26392	11.67	24.71
33/92	Final Answering Machine	384	1.61	8922	3.94	23.23
33/93	Final Proxy Refusal	178	0.75	3629	1.60	20.39
33/94	Final Away For Entire Field Period	29	0.12	290	0.13	10.00
33/95	Final R/Owner Refusal	1254	5.27	21875	9.67	17.44
33/96	Final Physically/Mentally Incapacitated	10	0.04	70	0.03	7.00
33/97	Final Gatekeeper Refusal	687	2.89	13599	6.01	19.79
33/99	Final Hostile Refusal/Other*	178	0.75	1840	0.81	10.34
All		23798	100.00	226178	100.00	9.50

-Dispositions 15/99 and 15/182 in the call history file are not considered call attempts.

* Includes respondents who called the SSBF hotline and asked to be removed from the study; supervisors determined that these cases should not be called again. Return to Table

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