2025 NSCG Data Collection Contact Strategy

APPENDIX G

2025 NSCG Data Collection

Contact Strategy

Data Collection Phase	Contact Type
Invitation Phase (Weeks 1-4)	Week 0 Prenotice letter. New sample only. (CG-0W-N) Week 1 Web invite letter (CG-1W-N; CG-1W-O) Week 2 Perforated reminder (CG-2W) Week 3 Automated phone call Reminder text message
Reminder Phase (Weeks 5-7)	Week 5 Web invite, ACS style (CG-5W) Reminder email Week 6 Reminder postcard (CG-6W) Reminder email (1A/B) Reminder text message Week 7 Reminder email
Additional Follow-up Phase (Weeks 8-22)	Week 8 Web invite letter and questionnaire. (CG-8W-NQ, CG-8W-OQ) Week 9 Automated phone call Week 11 Reminder email Week 12 Pressure-sealed Web invite (CG-12W) Reminder email Week 13 Reminder email Week 14 Automated phone call Week 16 Web invite with letter-size white envelope. New sample only. (CG-16W) Week 18 Web invite letter and questionnaire. Returning sample only. (CG-18W-Q) Week 19 Reminder email Week 20 Web invite letter and questionnaire. New sample only. (CG-20W-Q) Week 21 Automated phone call
Final Contact Phase (Weeks 23-24)	Week 23 Perforated invite letter (CG-23W) Week 24 Last chance email

(1) Incentivized cases will receive slight variations of the weeks 1 and 2 letters that include wording regarding the incentive.

(2) Emails are sent to returning sample persons who have given us an email address in previous rounds of the survey.

(3) “Plain language” versions of each invitation letter will be sent every week except for week 18.

(4) Text message reminders are sent only to respondents who have opted in to receiving texts from the Census Bureau. See Appendix H for more information.

  

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