Parent Of Youth Baseline Survey Participants

Rationale for Item Changes to the Male Rural Smokeless Parent Screener and Instrument from the ExPECTT Parent Screener

Item Number	Description	Addition	Deletion	Edit	Rationale	Prior Approval Given by OMB
SCR1	Introduction			X	Deleted “Center for Tobacco Products” to reduce drop out based on bias against “tobacco surveys”	A similar item was approved for ExPECTT at baseline on 10/31/13
SCR3	Age			X	Changed to “If necessary” so that field interviewer can use best judgement on whether this question is necessary to reduce time of screener	A similar item was approved for ExPECTT at baseline on 10/31/13
SCR5	Study Description			X	Edited to reflect RuSTEC study design. Added text to align with mail version of study description	A similar item was approved for ExPECTT at baseline on 10/31/13
SCR6/SCR6a	DUs		X		Deleted these questions because do not need missed DU information	Removed items
SCR7	Total SDU Members			X	Edited to ask for adults age 18 and older. A separate question asks about children in the household	A similar item was approved for ExPECTT at baseline on 10/31/13
SCR21-SCR28	Demographic questions	X			Added to reflect mail screener	New items
SCR7a	Age			X	Edited age range to match mail screener	A similar item was approved for ExPECTT at baseline on 10/31/13
SCR8	Youth information			X	Edited to make FI interaction flow better	A similar item was approved for ExPECTT at baseline on 10/31/13
SCR9, SCR10, SCR14	Youth information			X	Removed text about tobacco to reduce bias	Similar items were approved for ExPECTT at baseline on 10/31/13
SCR10b	Youth information			X	Reworded and provided text for field interviewers to use if encounter push back	A similar item was approved for ExPECTT at baseline on 10/31/13
SCR10d	Youth information	X			Added to facilitate FI speaking to responsible party for youth	New item
SCR11, SCR15a-d	Youth/parent information			X	Reworked question to facilitate data entry for FIs	Similar items were approved for ExPECTT at baseline on 10/31/13
Global	Prefer not to answer			X	Separated “prefer not to answer” from other response options. It will only appear if the respondent skips the question	Similar items were approved for ExPECTT at baseline on 10/31/13
B1, B5-B8	Demographics			X	Moved demographic questions up to Screener to collect household data for weighting and demographic understanding	These items were approved for ExPECTT at baseline on 10/31/13
Section C	Tobacco Use		X		Removed “and cessation” from section heading as we are not collection cessation data.	Removed text
C2, C2, C5, C8-C12	Tobacco use		X		Deleted cessation, addiction, environment, and other tobacco product questions to reduce burden	Removed items
C1b.	Tobacco use			X	simplified response items	A similar item was approved for ExPECTT at baseline on 10/31/13
C13	Tobacco use			X	edited response item to reflect colloquial language and most popular products	A similar item was approved for ExPECTT at baseline on 10/31/13
D1a-D1d	Youth topics	X			Added questions to collect data on household rules for cellphone use	New items
D3, D4	Youth topics			X	Removed references to “her”	Similar items were approved for ExPECTT at baseline on 10/31/13
D8	Youth topics			X	Edited for smokeless tobacco	A similar item was approved for ExPECTT at baseline on 10/31/13