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UnderStandingAmericaStudy
MY HOUSEHOLD

Survey author(s): USC Dornsife Center for Economic and Social Research

Contents
1 Introduction
1.1 Topics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1.2 Experiments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1.3 Citation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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2 Routing Syntax

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3 Survey with Routing

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INTRODUCTION

Every quarter, all panel respondents are asked to complete the UAS My Household survey
to gather up-to-date demographic data about each respondent.

1.1

Topics

This survey contains questions (among others) on the following topics: Demographics. A
complete survey topic categorization for the UAS can be found here.

1.2

Experiments

This survey did not include any experiments. A complete survey experiment categorization
for the UAS can be found here.

1.3

Citation

Each publication, press release or other document that cites results from this survey must
include an acknowledgment of UAS as the data source and a disclaimer such as, ‘The
project described in this paper relies on data from survey(s) administered by the Understanding America Study, which is maintained by the Center for Economic and Social Research (CESR) at the University of Southern California. The content of this paper is solely
the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of
USC or UAS.’ For any questions or more information about the UAS, contact Tania Gutsche,
Project and Panel Manager, Center for Economic and Social Research, University of Southern California, at tgutsche@usc.edu.

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ROUTING SYNTAX

The survey with routing presented in the next section includes all of the questions that
make up this survey, the question answers when choices were provided, and the question
routing. The routing includes descriptions of when questions are grouped, conditional logic
that determines when questions are presented to the respondent, randomization of questions and answers, and fills of answers from one question to another.
If you are unfamiliar with conditional logic statements, they are typically formatted so that
if the respondent fulfills some condition (e.g. they have a cellphone or a checking account), then they are presented with some other question or the value of some variable
is changed. If the respondent does not fulfill the condition (e.g. they are not a cellphone
adopter or they do not have a checking account), something else happens such as skipping the next question or changing the variable to some other value. Some of the logic
involved in the randomization of questions or answers being presented to the respondent is
quite complex, and in these instances there is documentation to clarify the process being
represented by the routing.
Because logic syntax standards vary, here is a brief introduction to our syntax standards.
The syntax used in the conditional statements is as follows: ‘=ı́s equal to, ‘<ı́s less than,
‘>ı́s greater than, and ‘!=ı́s used for does not equal. When a variable is set to some number
N, the statement looks like ‘variable := N´.
The formatting of the questions and routing are designed to make it easier to interpret
what is occurring at any given point in the survey. Question ID is the bold text at the top of
a question block, followed by the question text and the answer selections. When a question
or variable has associated data, the name links to the appropriate data page, so you can
easily get directly to the data. Text color is used to indicate the routing: red is conditional
logic, gold is question grouping, green is looping, and orange is used to document randomization and other complex conditional logic processes. The routing is written for a computer
to parse rather than a human to read, so when the routing diverges significantly from what
is displayed to the respondent, a screenshot of what the respondent saw is included.
The name of the randomization variables are defined in proximity to where they are put
into play, and like the question ID the names of the randomization variables can be used to
link directly to the associated data page.

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SURVEY WITH ROUTING

/* The My Household survey was first fielded in April of 2014. In January of 2015 the survey was updated to include some additional questions. In 2018 it was updated once more
to include a renewed consent question. The routing below describes the updated survey.
However, on several occasions pseudo-code is included to indicate how the survey handles
respondents that did the original My Household survey and then the updated versions as
well as respondents that never did the original one but rather only the updated one. */
/* The data provided in the My Household data set is cleaned to match the standard variables listed here. The variables are cleaned conform the mapping from the raw to cleaned
UAS standard variables as described here */
IF /* Respondent has already taken My Household /* THEN
/* If the respondent did not give consent yet in the initial survey asking them to join,
consent is asked */
IF consentgiven != 1 THEN
preconsent (pre consent message in section Myhousehold)
Thank you for your interest in being part of the Understanding America Study. On the
next page you will see a consent form to review before you begin taking surveys with
us. If you have any questions about this form or any of our surveys, please contact us
at 1-855-872-8673.
consent (R consent in section Myhousehold)
You are invited to participate in a research study conducted by Arie Kapteyn, Ph.D.,
at the University of Southern California, because you are an adult living in the United
States. This study is funded by private foundations, internal research funding, other
universities and federal funding. Your participation is voluntary. You should read the
information below, and ask questions about anything you do not understand, before
deciding whether to participate. Please take as much time as you need to read the
consent form. You may also decide to discuss participation with your family or friends.
If you decide to participate, you will be asked to agree at the bottom of this screen. We
can send you a copy if you request it from uashelp@usc.edu.
Purpose of the study
The study has three main goals. First, as researchers, we are interested in understanding people’s life experiences: what they do, how they think and feel, the challenges
they face and how all that may change over time. We are trying to paint an accurate
picture of the daily lives and opinions of people in the U.S.
Second, we want to reach out to organizations that affect all our lives, such as
federal and local governments. They want to know how their decisions impact us and
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what we think. Your answers will help these organizations understand the priorities and
needs of people living in America.
Third, we are trying to improve our surveys. Sometimes you will see unusual
questions or notice you are asked a question similar to something you have been asked
already. Please answer all the questions anyway, since we are trying to learn the best,
most efficient way to ask questions.
Study procedures
If you volunteer to participate in this study, we will contact you to complete a survey
online approximately once every month using the contact information you provide us.
The surveys you will be requested to take may vary based on what the researchers are
studying. For example some surveys may be for people who are working now, while
others may be for people who are retired or for people age 60 and older.
Potential risks and discomforts
There are no anticipated risks.
Potential benefits to participants and/or to society
There are no direct benefits to participants, but the research and results being studied
we anticipate to have benefits for society.
Payment/compensation for participation
You will be paid $20 for every 30 minutes of survey time. For shorter surveys you will
be paid proportionally less.
Confidentiality
We will keep your records for this study confidential as far as permitted by law.
However, if we are required to do so by law, we will disclose confidential information
about you. The members of the research team, the funding agency and the University
of Southern California’s Human Subjects Protection Program (HSPP) may access
the data. The HSPP reviews and monitors research studies to protect the rights and
welfare of research subjects.
The data will be stored on encrypted servers at USC. Your name and address
and other personal information will be stored separately from your survey responses.
We only use your name and address in order to send payments and notify you of
new surveys. Only the technical director (Albert Weerman), the study manager (Tania
Gutsche) and study coordinator (Mark Gonzalez) and help desk staff will have access
to your personal information.
Researchers will have access to survey data which is not associated with your
name in any way. We plan on this study continuing for numerous years. We will keep
the study data indefinitely and it may be used in future research studies or shared with
other researchers. If you do not want your data used in other studies, or shared with
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other researchers, you should not participate in this study.
Certificate of confidentiality
To help us protect your privacy, we have obtained a Certificate of Confidentiality from
the National Institutes of Health. The researchers can use this Certificate to legally
refuse to disclose information that may identify you in any federal, state, or local civil,
criminal, administrative, legislative, or other proceedings, for example, if there is a
court subpoena. The researchers will use the Certificate to resist any demands for
information that would identify you.
Participation and withdrawal
Your participation is voluntary. Your refusal to participate will involve no penalty or loss
of benefits to which you are otherwise entitled. You may withdraw your consent at
any time and discontinue participation without penalty. You are not waiving any legal
claims, rights or remedies because of your participation in this research study.
It is possible that some time in the future the study no will longer receive enough
funding to be sustainable. Should this occur, we will notify you and deliver all earned
rewards.
Investigator’s contact information
If you have any questions or concerns about the research, please feel free to contact
Arie Kapteyn, Principal Investigator or Tania Gutsche, Study Manager.
Arie Kapteyn: kapteyn@usc.edu, 213.821.1795
Tania Gutsche: tgutsche@usc.edu, 213.821.1821
Center for Economic and Social Research
University of Southern California
PO Box 77902
Los Angeles, CA 90007-9983
Rights of research participant - IRB contact information
If you have any questions about your rights as a research subject or complaints regarding this research study, or you are unable to reach the research staff, you may contact a
person independent of the research team at the Biomedical Research Alliance of New
York Institutional Review Board at 516-318-6877. Questions, concerns or complaints
about research can also be registered with the Biomedical Research Alliance of New
York Institutional Review Board at https://www.branyirb.com/concerns-about-research.
consentgiven := 1
END OF IF
END OF IF
IF /* Respondent has already taken My Household /* THEN

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welcomeback (WELCOME BACK FIRST TIME TRANSITION FROM OLD MYHH in
section Myhousehold)
This survey is very similar to the first survey you took in the Understanding America
Study. Some of the questions you will see we have asked before. In order to save you
time, we have loaded your prior answers. If nothing has changed, you do not need
to answer the questions again and can just click ’Next’ to continue. If something HAS
changed, you will have an opportunity to correct your answers. Please try to check each
answer to confirm that everything we have makes sense.
As a reminder, we hope to have every person 18 or over living with you join the
study and answer surveys on their own. If someone in your household is interested but
has trouble reading or typing, we can set it up so you (or another helper) can help him
or her answer. Please let us know if anyone else in your family or household is interested.
We use the information from this survey to make sure that we only send future
surveys that apply to you. Thank you!
IF /* Respondent has not provided renewed consent yet /* THEN
consent2 (R renewed consent in section Myhousehold)
We are happy to provide you with new information affecting how we protect your
privacy. This information is in addition to the privacy protections we informed you
about, and you agreed to, when you joined the Understanding America Study. This is
the only change; everything else you agreed to remains the same.
To help us protect your privacy, we have obtained a Certificate of Confidentiality
from the National Institutes of Health. The researchers can use this Certificate to
legally refuse to disclose information that may identify you in any federal, state, or local
civil, criminal, administrative, legislative, or other proceedings, for example, if there is
a court subpoena. The researchers will use the Certificate to resist any demands for
information that would identify you.
As a reminder: if you have questions about continuing your participation or your
rights as a research participant: You may contact UAS Survey Director Jill Darling or
any the UAS Helpdesk staff by calling our toll free number: 855-872-8673 or emailing
uashelp@usc.edu with any questions, concerns, or complaints about the research or
your participation in this study. If you have questions, concerns, or complaints about
the research and are unable to contact the research team, or if you want to talk to
someone independent of the research team, please contact the Biomedical Research
Alliance of New York Institutional Review Board at 516-318-6877. Questions, concerns
or complaints about research can also be registered with the Biomedical Research
Alliance of New York Institutional Review Board at https://www.branyirb.com/concernsabout-research.
IF /* Respondent has already taken the updated My Household /* THEN

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Fill code of question FLCheckR executed
checkrespondentinfo (CHECK LAST RESPONDENT INFO in section Myhousehold)
Last time, you gave us the following information about yourself:
(Sex: ˆgender
Date of birth: ˆdateofbirth month / ˆdateofbirth day / ˆdateofbirth year
Citizen of the US: ˆcitizenus
Born in the US: ˆbornus
State born: ˆstateborn
Country born: ˆcountryborn/Country born: ˆcountryborn other
State living in: ˆstatereside
Spanish, Hispanic or Latino: ˆspanish
Race category: ˆrace
Marital status: ˆmaritalstatus
Education status: ˆeducation/)
Is this information still correct?
1 Yes
2 No
END OF IF
END OF IF
IF /* Respondent is taking the updated My Household for the first time OR the current
information is not correct /* THEN
gender (R GENDER in section Myhousehold)
What is your gender?
1 Male
2 Female
GROUP OF QUESTIONS PRESENTED ON THE SAME SCREEN
dateofbirth question (DATE OF BIRTH Q TEXT in section Myhousehold)
What is your date of birth?
dateofbirth month (R DATE OF BIRTH MONTH in section Myhousehold)
Month
1 January
2 February
3 March
4 April
5 May
6 June
7 July
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8 August
9 September
10 October
11 November
12 December
dateofbirth day (R DATE OF BIRTH DAY in section Myhousehold)
Day
11
...
31 31
dateofbirth year (R DATE OF BIRTH YEAR in section Myhousehold)
Year
1910 1910
...
2015 2015
END OF GROUP
IF dateofbirth year = EMPTY OR dateofbirth year = ”” THEN
agerange (R AGE RANGE in section Myhousehold)
If you would rather not say, please choose a range below. We use your age in order to
give you surveys which make the most sense to you, so even knowing what range you
are in will help.
1 18-29
2 30-39
3 40-49
4 50-59
5 60-69
6 70-79
7 80-89
8 90+
ELSE
/* Below the age of the respondent is calculated based on the date of birth. */
age := floor( (strtotime(date(’Y-m-d’)) - strtotime(dateofbirth year .
birth month . ’-’ . dateofbirth day)) / 31556926);

’-’ .

dateof-

IF age > 100 THEN
agecheck (AGE CHECK in section Myhousehold)
Congratulations! That makes you ˆage. If this is correct please press Next to continue.
END OF IF

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IF age < 18 THEN
/* If the age is below 18, the message below is displayed and the survey exits. */
agetoyoung (R TOO YOUNG in section Myhousehold)
Sorry! We are only able to give surveys to people 18 or older at this time. Thank you
very much for your interest. If this was in error please contact us at uashelp@usc.edu.
END OF IF
END OF IF
citizenus (R CITIZEN US in section Myhousehold)
Are you a citizen of the United States?
1 Yes
2 No
bornus (R BORN US in section Myhousehold)
Were you born in the United States?
1 Yes
2 No
IF bornus = 1 THEN
stateborn (R STATE BORN in section Myhousehold)
In what state were you born?
1 Alaska (AK)
2 Alabama (AL)
3 Arizona (AZ)
4 Arkansas (AR)
5 California (CA)
6 Colorado (CO)
7 Connecticut (CT)
8 Delaware (DE)
9 Florida (FL)
10 Georgia (GA)
11 Hawaii (HI)
12 Idaho (ID)
13 Illinois (IL)
14 Indiana (IN)
15 Iowa (IA)
16 Kansas (KS)
17 Kentucky (KY)
18 Louisiana (LA)
19 Maine (ME)
20 Maryland (MD)
21 Massachusetts (MA)
22 Michigan (MI)

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23 Minnesota (MN)
24 Mississippi (MS)
25 Missouri (MO)
26 Montana (MT)
27 Nebraska (NE)
28 Nevada (NV)
29 New Hampshire (NH)
30 New Jersey (NJ)
31 New Mexico (NM)
32 New York (NY)
33 North Carolina (NC)
34 North Dakota (ND)
35 Ohio (OH)
36 Oklahoma (OK)
37 Oregon (OR)
38 Pennsylvania (PA)
39 Rhode Island (RI)
40 South Carolina (SC)
41 South Dakota (SD)
42 Tennessee (TN)
43 Texas (TX)
44 Utah (UT)
45 Vermont (VT)
46 Virginia (VA)
47 Washington (WA)
48 West Virginia (WV)
49 Wisconsin (WI)
50 Wyoming (WY)
51 Washington D.C.
52 Puerto Rico
ELSEIF bornus = 2 THEN
countryborn (R COUNTRY BORN in section Myhousehold)
In what country were you born?
1 Afghanistan
2 Åland Islands
3 Albania
4 Algeria
5 American Samoa
6 Andorra
7 Angola
8 Anguilla
9 Antarctica
10 Antigua And Barbuda
11 Argentina
12 Armenia
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13 Aruba
14 Australia
15 Austria
16 Azerbaijan
17 Bahamas
18 Bahrain
19 Bangladesh
20 Barbados
21 Belarus
22 Belgium
23 Belize
24 Benin
25 Bermuda
26 Bhutan
27 Bolivia
28 Bosnia And Herzegovina
29 Botswana
30 Bouvet Island
31 Brazil
32 British Indian Ocean Territory
33 Brunei Darussalam
34 Bulgaria
35 Burkina Faso
36 Burundi
37 Cambodia
38 Cameroon
39 Canada
40 Cape Verde
41 Cayman Islands
42 Central African Republic
43 Chad
44 Chile
45 China
46 Christmas Island
47 Cocos (Keeling) Islands
48 Colombia
49 Comoros
50 Congo
51 Congo, The Democratic Republic Of The
52 Cook Islands
53 Costa Rica
54 Cote D’ivoire
55 Croatia
56 Cuba
57 Cyprus
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58 Czech Republic
59 Denmark
60 Djibouti
61 Dominica
62 Dominican Republic
63 Ecuador
64 Egypt
65 El Salvador
66 Equatorial Guinea
67 Eritrea
68 Estonia
69 Ethiopia
70 Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
71 Faroe Islands
72 Fiji
73 Finland
74 France
75 French Guiana
76 French Polynesia
77 French Southern Territories
78 Gabon
79 Gambia
80 Georgia
81 Germany
82 Ghana
83 Gibraltar
84 Greece
85 Greenland
86 Grenada
87 Guadeloupe
88 Guam
89 Guatemala
90 Guernsey
91 Guinea
92 Guinea-bissau
93 Guyana
94 Haiti
95 Heard Island And Mcdonald Islands
96 Holy See (Vatican City State)
97 Honduras
98 Hong Kong
99 Hungary
100 Iceland
101 India
102 Indonesia
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103 Iran, Islamic Republic Of
104 Iraq
105 Ireland
106 Isle Of Man
107 Israel
108 Italy
109 Jamaica
110 Japan
111 Jersey
112 Jordan
113 Kazakhstan
114 Kenya
115 Kiribati
116 Korea, Democratic People’s Republic Of
117 Korea, Republic Of
118 Kuwait
119 Kyrgyzstan
120 Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Laos)
121 Latvia
122 Lebanon
123 Lesotho
124 Liberia
125 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
126 Liechtenstein
127 Lithuania
128 Luxembourg
129 Macao
130 Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic Of
131 Madagascar
132 Malawi
133 Malaysia
134 Maldives
135 Mali
136 Malta
137 Marshall Islands
138 Martinique
139 Mauritania
140 Mauritius
141 Mayotte
142 Mexico
143 Micronesia, Federated States Of
144 Moldova, Republic Of
145 Monaco
146 Mongolia
147 Montenegro
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148 Montserrat
149 Morocco
150 Mozambique
151 Myanmar
152 Namibia
153 Nauru
154 Nepal
155 Netherlands
156 Netherlands Antilles
157 New Caledonia
158 New Zealand
159 Nicaragua
160 Niger
161 Nigeria
162 Niue
163 Norfolk Island
164 Northern Mariana Islands
165 Norway
166 Oman
167 Pakistan
168 Palau
169 Palestinian Territory, Occupied
170 Panama
171 Papua New Guinea
172 Paraguay
173 Peru
174 Philippines
175 Pitcairn
176 Poland
177 Portugal
178 Puerto Rico
179 Qatar
180 Reunion
181 Romania
182 Russian Federation
183 Rwanda
184 Saint Helena
185 Saint Kitts And Nevis
186 Saint Lucia
187 Saint Pierre And Miquelon
188 Saint Vincent And The Grenadines
189 Samoa
190 San Marino
191 Sao Tome And Principe
192 Saudi Arabia
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193 Senegal
194 Serbia
195 Seychelles
196 Sierra Leone
197 Singapore
198 Slovakia
199 Slovenia
200 Solomon Islands
201 Somalia
202 South Africa
203 South Georgia And The South Sandwich Islands
204 Spain
205 Sri Lanka
206 Sudan
207 Suriname
208 Svalbard And Jan Mayen
209 Swaziland
210 Sweden
211 Switzerland
212 Syrian Arab Republic
213 Taiwan, Republic Of China
214 Tajikistan
215 Tanzania, United Republic Of
216 Thailand
217 Timor-leste
218 Togo
219 Tokelau
220 Tonga
221 Trinidad And Tobago
222 Tunisia
223 Turkey
224 Turkmenistan
225 Turks And Caicos Islands
226 Tuvalu
227 Uganda
228 Ukraine
229 United Arab Emirates
230 United Kingdom
231 United States
232 United States Minor Outlying Islands
233 Uruguay
234 Uzbekistan
235 Vanuatu
236 Venezuela
237 Viet Nam
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238 Virgin Islands, British
239 Virgin Islands, U.S.
240 Wallis And Futuna
241 Western Sahara
242 Yemen
243 Zambia
244 Zimbabwe
300 Other
IF countryborn = 300 THEN
countryborn other (R UNLISTED COUNTRY BORN in section Myhousehold)
In what other country were you born?
STRING
END OF IF
END OF IF
statereside (R STATE RESIDENCE in section Myhousehold)
In what state are you currently residing?
1 Alaska (AK)
...
52 Puerto Rico
spanish (R SPANISH HISPANIC LATINO in section Myhousehold)
Are you Spanish, Hispanic or Latino?
1 Yes
2 No
IF spanish = 1 THEN
spanishgroup (R SPANISH GROUP in section Myhousehold)
What is your Spanish, Hispanic or Latino group?
1 Mexican
2 Puerto Rican
3 Cuban
4 Central/South American
5 Other Spanish
END OF IF
race (R RACE in section Myhousehold)
Here is a list of five race categories. Please choose all that apply.
1 White
2 Black or African American
3 American Indian or Alaska Native
4 Asian

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5 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
maritalstatus (R MARITAL STATUS in section Myhousehold)
Are you now married, widowed, divorced, separated or never married?
1 Married (Spouse lives with me)
2 Married (Spouse lives elsewhere)
3 Separated
4 Divorced
5 Widowed
6 Never Married
IF maritalstatus > 2 THEN
livewithpartner (R LIVES WITH PARTNER in section Myhousehold)
Are you currently living with a boyfriend, girlfriend or partner?
1 Yes
2 No
END OF IF
education (R HIGHEST LEVEL OF EDUCATION in section Myhousehold)
What is the highest level of school that you have completed or the highest degree you
have received?
1 Less than 1st grade
2 1st, 2nd, 3rd or 4th grade
3 5th or 6th grade
4 7th or 8th grade
5 9th grade
6 10th grade
7 11th grade
8 12th grade - no diploma
9 High school graduate - high school diploma or the equivalent (for example GED)
10 Some college but no degree
11 Associate degree in college - Occupational/vocational program
12 Associate degree in college - - Academic program
13 Bachelor’s degree (For example: BA, AB, BS)
14 Master’s degree (For example: MA, MS, MEng, MEd, MSW, MBA)
15 Professional School Degree (For example: MD,DDS,DVM,LLB,JD)
16 Doctorate degree (For example: PhD, EdD)
END OF IF
IF /* Respondent has already taken the updated My Household /* THEN
Fill code of question FLCheckRWork executed
checkrespondentinfo work (CHECK LAST RESPONDENT WORK INFO in section Myhousehold)

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Last time, you provided the following information about your working situation:
Labor force status: ˆlaborstatus
Type of employment: ˆemploymenttype
Full-time or part-time: ˆworkfullpart
Hours of work per week: ˆhourswork)
Is this information still correct?
1 Yes
2 No
END OF IF
IF /* Respondent is taking the updated My Household for the first time OR the current
information is not correct /* THEN
laborstatus (R LABOR FORCE STATUS in section Myhousehold)
What is your labor force status? Please choose all that apply.
1 Currently working
2 On sick or other leave
3 Unemployed - on layoff
4 Unemployed - looking
5 Retired
6 Disabled
7 Other
IF 1 in laborstatus OR 2 in laborstatus THEN
employmenttype (R EMPLOYMENT TYPE in section Myhousehold)
Are you employed by government, by a private company, a nonprofit organization, or
are you self-employed?
1 Government
2 Private-for-profit company
3 Non-profit organization including tax exempt and charitable organizations
4 Self-employed
workfullpart (R WORK FULLTIME OR PARTTIME in section Myhousehold)
Do you work full-time or part-time?
1 Full-time
2 Part-time
hourswork (R HOURS WORK PER WEEK in section Myhousehold)
How many hours per week do you work?
RANGE 0..168
END OF IF
END OF IF

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Fill code of question FLRelationshipHelp executed
IF /* Respondent is taking My Household for the first time /* THEN
hhanyoneelse (HH MEMBER ANYONE ELSE in section Myhousehold)
Besides yourself, is there anyone else living with you?
1 Yes
2 No
IF (hhanyoneelse = YES) THEN
hhgrid (hh grid in section Myhousehold)
Please tell us who else besides you is living with you in your household (e.g. a
spouse/child/parent) keeping the following in mind:
DO NOT list yourself.
If you feel uncomfortable providing real names, please just use a nickname that
allows you to distinguish between people in your household.
For more information about how to select the relationship from yourself to the
listed persons please just click on the blue question mark at the top of the ’Relationship
to person’ column.
To add a person just click the ’Add person’ button below the table.
To remove the last person you added just click ’Remove last person’.
To remove a person in a particular row of the table, just click the ’X’ button at
the end of that row.
Once you are happy with your list, please just click ’Next’ to continue.

Figure 1: Respondent being asked to list who is living with them

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END OF IF
END OF IF
IF /* Respondent has already taken the updated My Household /* THEN
Fill code of question activenumber executed
IF /* Any household members mentioned by the respondent in the the previous
time s/he did My Household /* THEN
hhgrid changed (hh grid changed in section Myhousehold)
Last time we asked you about your household you told us the following people are
living with you in your household. Please take a look to see if anything has changed
since then for one or more person(s). If it has, please indicate for each of those
person(s) the type of change that occurred using the drop down in the Changed?
column.
There are three types of change you can report:
Update: Choose this option for a person if you want to update their information
(e.g. to indicate a change in relationship or to correct a misreported birth date).
You can then use the corresponding fields to update the information you want to
change. Please note: if you wish to change their first name, please just contact us at
uashelp@usc.edu.
Moved out: Choose this option for a person if you want to report that they moved out
of your household.
Passed away: Choose this option for a person if you want to report that they
passed away.
If you do not want to make a change for a person, just keep the default value of ’No

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change’.

Figure 2: Respondent being asked to indicate if anything changed

Fill code of question activenumber executed
END OF IF
Fill code of question FLAnyoneNew executed
hhanyonenew (HH MEMBER ANYONE NEW in section Myhousehold)
(Based on what you told us there is currently no one else living with you.
Did anyone new move in with you? If you DO have one or more persons currently living with you, please just also select ’Yes’ and you will be able to add
them./Based on what you told us there are currently ˆactivenumber person(s) living
with you.
Did anyone new move in with you? If you DO have more than ˆactivenumber
persons currently living with you, please just also select ’Yes’ and you will be able
to add them./Based on what you told us there is currently one person living with you.
Did anyone new move in with you? If you DO have more than one person currently living with you, please just also select ’Yes’ and you will be able to add
them.)
1 Yes
2 No

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IF hhanyonenew = YES THEN
GROUP OF QUESTIONS PRESENTED ON THE SAME SCREEN
hhgrid existing (existing hh grid in section Myhousehold)
You indicated that new people moved into your household. Currently we have the
following people as living in your household in addition to yourself:
hhgrid new (new hh grid in section Myhousehold)
Please tell us who else besides you is living with you in your household (e.g. a
spouse/child/parent) keeping the following in mind:
DO NOT list yourself or anyone already listed above.
If you feel uncomfortable providing real names, please just use a nickname that
allows you to distinguish between people in your household.
For more information about how to select the relationship from yourself to the
listed persons please just click on the blue question mark at the top of the ’Relationship to person’ column.
To add a person just click the ’Add person’ button below the table.
To remove the last person you added just click ’Remove last person’.
To remove a person in a particular row of the table, just click the ’X’ button at
the end of that row.
Once you are happy with your list, please just click ’Next’ to continue.

Figure 3: Respondent being asked to record any people not listed yet living with them

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END OF GROUP
END OF IF
END OF IF
/* Respondent has an UAS household identifier (UASHHid), which means that there are
multiple people in the same household who are a member of the UAS. /*
IF uashhid != EMPTY THEN
Fill code of question FLuasmembers executed
uasmembers (MARK HH MEMBERS THAT ARE ALSO MEMBER OF UAS in section
Myhousehold)
Can you please check the people in your household that are also participating in the
UAS?
/* List of household members as reported by the respondent is shown together
with the option ‘999 No one on the list is also participating in the UAS’. /*
IF /* One or more people on the list were selected. /* THEN
Fill code of question FLUasMemberEntry executed
LOOP FROM 1 TO HHMEMBERNUMBER
IF cnt IN uasmembers THEN
IF hhmemberactive(cnt) = 1 THEN

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hhmemberuasname (HHMEMBER IN PANEL SELECTION FROM BACKEND
INFORMATION in section Myhousehold)
Please select this person ((ACTIVE MEMBER IN THE HH - NEW AND OLD(cnt)))
on the list below.
/* List of household members as known in the respondent administration is
shown together with the option ‘99 Person not on the list’. /*
/* The UAs identifier of the household member who the respondent indicated to be one of the listed UAS members is stored with the assignment below.
/*
hhmemberuasrtid(cnt) := FLUasMemberRtid(hhmemberuasname(cnt))
END OF IF
END OF IF
END OF LOOP
END OF IF
END OF IF
hhincome (HH TOTAL INCOME in section Myhousehold)
Which category represents the total combined income of all members of your family (living
in your house) during the past 12 months? This includes money from jobs, net income
from business, farm or rent, pensions, dividends, interest, Social Security payments and
any other monetary income received by members of your family who are 15 years of age
or older.
1 Less than $5,000
2 5,000 to 7,499
3 7,500 to 9,999
4 10,000 to 12,499
5 12,500 to 14,999
6 15,000 to 19,999
7 20,000 to 24,999
8 25,000 to 29,999
9 30,000 to 34,999
10 35,000 to 39,999
11 40,000 to 49,999
12 50,000 to 59,999
13 60,000 to 74,999
14 75,000 to 99,999
15 100,000 to 149,999
16 150,000 or more

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GROUP OF QUESTIONS PRESENTED ON THE SAME SCREEN
father born (FATHER BORN in section Myhousehold)
To conclude, we would like to ask you a few things about your family history.
Where were your parents born?
1 Afghanistan
...
231 United States
...
300 Other
mother born (MOTHER BORN in section Myhousehold)
1 Afghanistan
...
231 United States
...
300 Other
END OF GROUP
GROUP OF QUESTIONS PRESENTED ON THE SAME SCREEN
grandfather f born (GRANDFATHER FATHER BORN in section Myhousehold)
Where were your grandparents born? (if you don’t know, please just leave empty)
1 Afghanistan
...
231 United States
...
300 Other
grandmother f born (GRANDMOTHER FATHER BORN in section Myhousehold)
1 Afghanistan
...
231 United States
...
300 Other
grandfather m born (GRANDFATHER MOTHER BORN in section Myhousehold)
1 Afghanistan
...
231 United States
...

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300 Other
grandmother m born (GRANDMOTHER MOTHER BORN in section Myhousehold)
1 Afghanistan
...
231 United States
...
300 Other

END OF GROUP

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