Content
Sample Design
Sample Construction
Screening to Determine Household Eligibility
Selection of Respondent Within Household
Young Adult Oversample
Initial Contact
Spanish Language Interviews
Refusal Conversion
Field Outcomes
Sample Weighting
Precision of Sample Estimates
Estimating Statistical Significance
Statistical Comparisons Between Samples
References
Technical Report Documentation
APPENDIX A1: English Language Questionnaire Version 1
APPENDIX A2: English Language Questionnaire Version 2
APPENDIX B1: Spanish Language Questionnaire Version 1
APPENDIX B2: SPANISH Language Questionnaire Version 2

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