CPS FIELD REPRESENTATIVE MEMORANDUM NO. 95-08
CPS CATI INTERVIEWER MEMORANDUM NO. 95-07
Section I - May 1995
MEMORANDUM FOR All CPS Field Representatives
and CATI Interviewers
From: Richard F. Blass
Acting Chief, Field Division
Subject: Instructions for May
1995 CPS CAPI/CATI
Return answer sheet
to R.O. by
I. General
This section of the memorandum
contains the basic CPS monthly overview. Section II of this memo
contains information concerning the Race and Ethnicity Supplement
and the supplement exercises. You should also receive an audio
tape about the supplement that has been prepared by BLS.
II. Important Dates
FRs complete immediate
transmission to pick up May kit (includes laptop software
and interviewing instrument) -
May 5,
5:00 p.m. ET, through 12:00 noon ET on May 9.
FRs complete pre-set transmission
to pick up assignments at the time assigned by your regional
office. The earliest possible time is 10:30 p.m. ET, May 10
through May 13.
Interview week - May 14
through May 20.
CATI closeout - May 17.
Anticipated final CATI
Recycles - May 18, 12:00 noon ET. Any FRs who have CATI cases
in their assignment should complete an immediate transmission
to pick up final CATI recycles the afternoon of May 18.
Interviewing closeout -
evening of May 22. FRs must complete a "FINAL TRANSMISSION"
by the pre-set time scheduled by your regional office. Call your
regional office if you do not know the pre-set time.
FRs run cleanup operations
on their laptop by Friday,
May 26.
III. Instrument Date
The date on the >START<
screen at the upper right hand corner will be May 1, 1995.
If the date is NOT May 1, you are interviewing
on the wrong instrument.
If this occurs, please call
your supervisor immediately and STOP using that instrument.
IV. Holidays
There are no national holidays
during reference week or interview week in May. Remind respondents
of any local holidays that you know occurred during reference
week.
V. May Race and Ethnicity
Supplement
The May CPS instrument contains
the basic CPS questions as well as the Race and Ethnicity Supplement.
This is a new supplement and will be asked of all household members
- children as well as adults. The answers to these questions
will help us understand how people think of themselves when it
comes to ethnic origin and race.
The supplement respondent must
be a household member 15 years of age or older. Although a proxy
response is acceptable, try to ask the supplement questions
of the individual him/herself if the person is at least 15
years old. That is, if the sample person is available, and is
at least 15 years old, ask to speak directly to him/her.
No callbacks are authorized
for this supplement.
See Section II of this memorandum
for the supplement instructions and exercises.
VI. Time Allowed for this
Self Study
THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS
FOR CAPI FIELD REPRESENTATIVES:
A. You are authorized up to
2 hours for reading Sections I and II of this memorandum, completing
the exercises in both sections, completing the supplement practice
interviews, and listening to the audio tape. Charge this time
to Project 0906, Operation Code 28 (Dallas-B, Denver-B, Charlotte-B,
Seattle-B, Atlanta-B, and Boston-B use code 38, Alaska use code
48).
B. Mail only your answer
sheet for the listing and basic exercises, from this section,
to your regional office by the date written at the beginning of
this memorandum.
THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS
FOR CATI INTERVIEWERS:
A. You are authorized up to
2 hours for reading Sections I and II of this memorandum, completing
the exercises, completing the practice interviews, and listening
to the audio tape. Charge this time to Project 0903, Operation
Code 89.
B. Give only your answer
sheet for the basic CPS exercises, from this section,
to your supervisor by the date written at the beginning of this
memorandum.
VII. Basic CPS Exercises
Mark your answers next to the
questions AND on the answer sheet provided. CATI interviewers
go to item B below.
A. Listing/Coverage Exercise
(CAPI ONLY)
In exercises 1-5 below, check
the appropriate answer.
1. Suppose you are assigned
to interview in a Unit Segment. You expect to find 17 units.
You can only locate 14 units. The 14 units do include the five
listed sample units. You should: (2-40,41)
A_____ Relist the address
on a Unit/Permit Listing Sheet and call your Regional Office for
sampling instructions.
B_____ Interview each unit
that has a current sample designation in column 3 and document
the actual number of units found.
C_____ Not list or interview
anything. Call your Regional office and wait for instructions.
2. Suppose you are assigned
to interview in a Unit Segment. The listing sheet shows a large
multi-unit with an expected 36 units. At the time of interview
you find the previous building was destroyed by fire. The building
has since been reconstructed and remodeled. You are not able
to determine which units were in sample. You should: (2-40,
2-28, 7-23)
A_____ Enter in column (5)
"Structure replaced by new structure since 4/1/90 (date discovered)."
Do not list or interview at the address. Report the current sample
units at the basic address as Type C noninterviews and indicate
what happened to the structure. Provide the following information
on an INTER-COMM:
1. Address used by the new
structure.
2. Type of replacement,
such as replaced by "apartment building."
3. Number of units in the
new structure.
4. Month and year construction
was started.
B_____ Relist the address
on a Unit/Permit Listing Sheet and call your Regional Office for
sampling instructions.
C_____ Indicate in the "remarks"
column of the Unit/Permit Listing Sheet on the line for the original
structure what happened and the current date. Add the new structure
on the first available line of the Unit/Permit Listing Sheet and
interview each unit that has a current sample designation in column
(3).
3. Suppose you are assigned
to list in an Area Segment. At the time of listing, you locate
the South View Marina Community. The community consists of 32
individually owned yachts. After inquiring further, you learn
that 21 of the yachts are used as regular housing units. The
other 11 yachts are used for vacation purposes. You should:
(7-7)
A_____ List the South View
Marina Community on a Group Quarters Listing Sheet.
B_____ List each of the 32
yachts on a separate line of the Area Segment Listing Sheet.
C_____ List each of the
21 units intended for occupancy as regular housing units on separate
lines of the Area Segment Listing Sheet.
4. Suppose you are assigned
to list in a Group Quarters Segment. One of the addresses you
need to list is the Church Street Retirement Home (a split GQ).
At the time of listing you are informed that the retirement home
has entirely converted to an institutional GQ. You should: (4-25,
26)
A_____ Note the conversion
on both listing sheets, list the units on the "institutional"
GQ Listing Sheet and interview each unit that has a current sample
designation in column (3).
B_____ Note the conversion
in the footnotes of both listing sheets, complete item (19), item
(20) and item (21) with "0" for the number of GQ units
listed on both listing sheets. Do not list or interview any units.
C_____ Note the conversion
on both listing sheets and call your Regional Office for further
instructions.
5. Suppose you are assigned
to list in a Permit Segment. As you list, you discover a structure
that uses a range of house numbers (5-8 Mill St). The expected
number of units is 6. However, you only locate 4. You should:
(3-41, 42)
A_____ Prepare an INTER-COMM
for your Regional Office explaining the situation, but do not
list or interview anything.
B_____ Try to identify which
units use the basic address and list only those units. If the
units can not be identified, list all the units at the structure
and enter "Found less units than expected" in the footnotes
section of the Unit/Permit Listing Sheet.
C_____ Not list anything.
Call your Regional Office and await instructions.
B. Labor Force Concepts
Exercise (CAPI and CATI)
1. You are to interview at
an address that consists of a family occupying a time share unit
in a high rise resort building. The family is staying in the
time share for two weeks, while on vacation. How will you handle
this situation?
A_____ Type A - Other occupied
- specify
B_____ Type B - Temporarily
occupied by persons with URE
C_____ Type B - Other Type
B - specify
D_____ Type C - Other - specify
E_____ Conduct the interview
2. The family staying in the
time share mentioned above has no other place of residence. How
will you handle this situation?
A_____ Type A - Other occupied
- specify
B_____ Type B - Temporarily
occupied by persons with URE
C_____ Type B - Other Type
B - specify
D_____ Type C - Other - specify
E_____ Conduct the interview
3. You telephone the unit address
located next door to the time share unit mentioned above. The
person who answers says the address you have reached is a storage
room for cleaning supplies and has never been used as living quarters.
How will you handle this situation?
A_____ Type A - Other occupied
- specify
B_____ Type B - Temporarily
occupied by persons with URE
C_____ Type B - Other Type
B - specify
D_____ Type C - Other - specify
E_____ Conduct the interview
4. When you ask Mr. Sampson,
an elderly respondent, item >WK<, "LAST WEEK, did you
do any work for pay?" he responds that he didn't work. He
hasn't been feeling well for months. He has minor disabilities
that he attributes to old age. What entry will you make in >WK<?
A_____ Yes
B_____ No
C_____ Retired
D_____ Disabled
E_____ Unable to Work
5. You are interviewing the
King household. When you ask >BUS<, "Does anyone in
this household have a business or a farm?" the respondent
replies that she used to board animals. She still has a sign
up out front, but hasn't had any business for quite awhile. What
entry will you make for >BUS<?
A_____ Yes
B_____ No
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Author: Folder-
Contact: (ask.census.gov) CPS Help-Census/DSD/CPSB
Last revised: August 01, 1997
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