Response Rate
BASELINE (ROUND 1): All 3,000 households were contacted in the baseline round of the phone survey. 69 percent of sampled households were successfully contacted. Of those contacted, 94 percent or 1,950 households were fully interviewed. These 1,950 households constitute the final successful sample and will be contacted in subsequent rounds of the survey.
ROUND 2: Interviewers attempted to contact and interview all 1,950 households that were successfully interviewed in the baseline of the COVID-19 NLPS. 1,852 households (95% of the 1,950 attempted) were contacted and 1,820 (93.3%) were successfully interviewed in the second round. Of those contacted, 22 households refused outright to be interviewed and 10 were partially interviewed.
ROUND 3: Interviewers attempted to contact and interview all 1,925 households that were successfully interviewed in the Baseline of the COVID-19 NLPS, excluding 25 households that had refused in Round 2. Thus, the sample included households that were not successfully interviewed in Round 2, in an effort to maintain the sample size. 1,837 households (95.4% of the 1,925 attempted) were contacted and 1,790 (93%) were successfully interviewed in the third round. Of those contacted, 28 households refused outright to be interviewed and 18 were partially interviewed. Of the 1,790 successfully interviewed households, 1,737 were households that have been successfully interviewed in all three rounds of the survey so far. These are the households that form a complete panel across the three rounds.
ROUND 4: Interviewers attempted to contact and interview all 1,881 households that were successfully interviewed in the Baseline of the COVID-19 NLPS, excluding 69 households that had refused in Round 2 or Round 3. Thus, the sample included households that were not successfully interviewed subsequent to the baseline in an effort to maintain the sample size. As shown in 7-11, 1,819 households (96.7% of the 1,881 attempted) were contacted and 1,789 (95.1%) were successfully interviewed in the fourth round. Of those contacted, 19 households refused outright to be interviewed and 9 were partially interviewed. Of the 1,789 successfully interviewed households, 1,691 were households that have been successfully interviewed in all four rounds of the survey so far. These are the households that form a complete panel across the four rounds.
ROUND 5: Interviewers attempted to contact and interview all 1,856 households that were successfully interviewed in the Baseline of the COVID-19 NLPS, excluding 94 households that had refused in previous rounds of the survey Thus, the sample included households that were not successfully interviewed subsequent to the baseline in an effort to maintain the sample size. As shown in Table 7-15, 1,794 households (96.7% of the 1,856 attempted) were contacted and 1,774 (95.6%) were successfully interviewed in the fifth round. Of those contacted, 13 households refused outright to be interviewed and 5were partially interviewed. Of the 1,774 successfully interviewed households, 1,656 were households that have been successfully interviewed in all five rounds of the survey so far. These are the households that form a complete panel across the five rounds.
ROUND 6: Interviewers attempted to contact and interview all 1,839 households that were successfully interviewed in the Baseline of the COVID-19 NLPS, excluding 111 households that had refused in previous rounds of the survey. Thus, the sample included households that were not successfully interviewed subsequent to the baseline in an effort to maintain the sample size. As shown in Table 7-19, 1,781 households (96.8% of the 1,839 attempted) were contacted and 1,762 (95.8%) were successfully interviewed in the sixth round. Of those contacted, 8 households refused outright to be interviewed and 11 were partially interviewed. Of the 1,762 successfully interviewed households, 1,640 were households that have been successfully interviewed in all six rounds of the survey so far. These are the households that form a complete panel across the six rounds.
ROUND 7: Interviewers attempted to contact and interview all 1,811 households that were successfully interviewed in the Baseline of the COVID-19 NLPS, excluding 139 households that had refused in previous rounds of the survey. Thus, the sample included households that were not successfully interviewed subsequent to the baseline in an effort to maintain the sample size. As shown in Table 7-23, 1,740 households (96.8% of the 1,811 attempted) were contacted and 1,726 (95.3%) were successfully interviewed in the seventh round. Of those contacted, 4 households refused outright to be interviewed and 10 were partially interviewed. Of the 1,726 successfully interviewed households, 1,573 were households that have been successfully interviewed in all seventh rounds of the survey so far. These are the households that form a complete panel across the seventh rounds.