Respondent Perceptions of Burden in the American Community Survey (ACS)

OMB Control No. 0690-0030

Expiration Date: 6/30/17

1. Do you feel that the length of the American Community Survey (ACS) was too long, about right, or too short?

• Too long

• About right

• Too short

2. How interesting was the ACS to you?

• Very interesting

• Somewhat interesting

• A little interesting

• Not at all interesting

3. How easy or difficult was it for you to answer the questions in the ACS?

• Very easy

• Somewhat easy

• Somewhat difficult

• Very difficult

4. Thinking about the contacts you received before the ACS, would you say it was too many, a reasonable number, or not enough?

• Too many

• A reasonable number

• Not enough

5. How sensitive did you feel the questions on the ACS were?

• Very sensitive

• Somewhat sensitive

• A little sensitive

• Not at all sensitive

6. How agreeable would you be to take another survey like the ACS in the future?

• Very agreeable

• Somewhat agreeable

• Somewhat disagreeable

• Not at all agreeable

7. If we had to extend the ACS for another 15 minutes, how willing would you have been to continue?

• Very willing

• Somewhat willing

• Somewhat unwilling

• Very unwilling

8. Thinking about the amount of effort that you put forth into answering the ACS, would you say that you put forth:

• A lot of effort

• A moderate amount of effort

• A little effort

• No effort

9. How motivated were you to complete the ACS as quickly as possible? Would you say that you were:

• Very motivated

• Somewhat motivated

• Somewhat unmotivated

• Very unmotivated

10. How much do you trust the U.S. Census Bureau to safeguard the information you have provided them on the ACS?

• Strongly trust

• Somewhat trust

• Neither trust nor distrust

• Somewhat distrust

• Strongly distrust

11. Would you say that the time and effort you put into answering the ACS survey questions was:

• Very well spent

• Somewhat well spent

• A little well spent

• Not at all well spent

12. How important do you think it is for the U.S. Census Bureau to collect the information on the ACS?

• Very important

• Somewhat important

• Neither important nor unimportant

• Somewhat unimportant

• Very unimportant

How burdensome was the ACS to you?

• Very burdensome

• Somewhat burdensome

• A little burdensome

• Not at all burdensome

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