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INCENT

Description

INCENT indicates whether the person selected to respond to the ATUS was offered an incentive to complete the interview.

The ATUS sample is drawn from households that have completed the CPS. If a phone number for the household was not provided during the CPS interview and an individual from that household was selected to participate in the ATUS, then the selected person was mailed an incentive. The incentive consisted of a $40.00 debit card for which a respondent would be given the PIN number upon the completion of the ATUS interview.

Comparability

INCENT is available beginning in August 2005.

Universe

2005-2010: ATUS respondents and nonrespondents.

Codes/Frequencies

Respondents

Code Description 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
0 Non-incentive case -- -- 12539 12532 11823 12171 12590 12729
1 Incentive case -- -- 499 411 425 552 543 531
99 NIU (Not in universe) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --