Form 1 Form 1 Survey on Crime Prevention for Truckers

[This is the page people will see when they first arrive on our web site. Black text is what the participant will see. Blue text in square brackets is not part of the survey. Blue text is instructions for coding the online survey or explanations of the survey. This is the draft as of July 20, 2018.]

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Survey on Crime Prevention for Truckers

Hi. We’re interested in learning about harassment and assaults against female and minority truck drivers. We want to know when and where these things happen. We want to know about the types of people who do these things. If you are a female or minority male truck driver, please take this survey even if you have not experienced harassment or crime yourself. It will take up to 15 to 20 minutes.

We are from Battelle, a research and development company, and we are conducting this survey for the United States Department of Transportation.

This is an anonymous survey. We will do everything we can to protect your identity. We won’t ask your name. We won’t track where your phone or computer connects from. Please don’t tell us anything else that could identify you. Don’t tell us your employer’s name or the name of anybody you work with. We will read your answers and try to remove any names or other identifying information you accidentally give.

We will use this information to understand how big the problem is. We believe that your sharing your experiences will help us think of ways to make a safer environment for all drivers. We want to know what kinds of crimes happen to female and minority drivers.

The results of this survey will be available from the Department of Transportation. Anyone can see the results. We will try to make sure the results do not have any information that could identify you.

We will ask you a few questions to see if you are eligible for the survey. If you are not eligible, the survey will excuse you with our thanks for your willingness to participate.

You may find some of the questions sensitive or personal. You could get upset when you try to remember your experiences. You may skip any question you do not want to answer. There are some questions you have to answer to be eligible to take the survey. Your information is important for promoting drivers’ safety. We hope you will answer all of the questions.

If you have questions about the survey, please contact xxxx at xxx-xxx-xxxx or xxx@xxxx.com [The contact will probably be in the Women in Trucking office.]

[These three companies are examples. The selection of gift cards will be made when the survey is implemented.]

At the end of the survey, we will offer you a $25 gift card from Amazon, Apple iTunes, or PayPal. To receive a gift card, you will need an account with one of the gift card companies. When you finish the survey, you will switch to a separate web site. All your survey responses will be separated from the information we need to give you a gift card. We do not want to know anything that could identify you in our survey.

This survey is voluntary. If you are willing to take part in our survey, please click Continue.

[Participants who click Continue begin the survey.]

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[Q1 through Q7 and Q12 screen for eligibility. Participants can proceed only if they answer all of these questions and meet all of the criteria.

Q8 through Q11 are background. Answers are not required.

Q13 through Q24 are the basic questions of what happened. Participants must answer them to receive the incentive.

Q25 and onward probe for details of what, who, where, and so forth. Participants may skip questions they do not wish to answer.]

First, we need to know your background. This is anonymous. We do NOT want personal information that could identify who you are.

1. What kind of driver’s license do you have? [require one answer]

• Commercial Driver’s License Class A (CDL-A) [Skip to Q3]

• Commercial Driver’s License Class B (CDL-B) [Skip to Q3]

• Commercial Driver’s License Class C (CDL-C) [Skip to Q3]

• Regular driver’s license.
  
  
  

2. In the past two years, have you driven a truck with a gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) of more than 10,000 pounds as part of your job? [require one answer]

• Yes [Skip to Q4]

• No [Skip to Exit Page A for participants to who do not qualify.]
  
  
  

3. Have you worked as a truck driver in the past two years? [require one answer]

• Yes

• No [Skip to Exit Page A for participants to who do not qualify.]

[The following question is adapted from the National Crime Victimization Survey NCVS-500 Control Card (2010 Sample Design) https://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/ncvs500_2016.pdf.]

4. About how old are you? [require one answer]

• younger than 18 years old [Skip to Exit Page A for participants to who do not qualify.]

• 18-24 years old

• 25-34 years old

• 35-49 years old

• 50-65 years old

• 66 years old or older

[The following three questions come from the National Crime Victimization Survey NCVS-500 Control Card (2010 Sample Design) https://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/ncvs500_2016.pdf. The American Community Survey requires one of two choices for sex. https://www.census.gov/acs/www/about/why-we-ask-each-question/sex/ According to a January 26, 2018, memo for the 2020 census, the 2020 census will allow multiple Hispanic ethnicities and add a write-in area and provide examples for some racial categories. Those additions will not be on this survey. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial/2020/program-management/memo-series/2020-memo-2018_02.pdf]

5. Are you [require one answer]

• Female

• Male

[After we reach 440 completed surveys from males or females, we will stop accepting them. Also, we will stop accepting after we reach 400 in either category who have experienced an event (Case 1 following Q14 through Q21). Skip to Exit Page A.]

6. Are you Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino? [require one answer]

• Yes

• No

7. Please choose one or more races that you consider yourself to be. [require at least one answer; allow more than one answer]

• White

• Black or African American

• American Indian or Alaska Native

• Asian

• Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

• Other [blank to fill in]

[If the answer to Q5 is Male and the answer to Q6 is No and the answer to Q7 is a single check on White, then skip to Exit Page A for participants who do not qualify.]

[Participants who are current truck drivers from the desired demographic groups will continue.]

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8. What routes do you usually run? (choose all that apply) [allow more than one answer]
   
   
   

• Over the road

• Short haul

• Pickup and delivery

• Other
  
  
  

9. Are you any of the following? (choose all that apply) [allow more than one answer]
   
   
   

• Owner-operator

• Employee

• Independent contractor
  
  
  

10. Have you had any training in self-defense for drivers? [allow one answer]

• Yes

• No
  
  
  

11. Do you do any of these things for personal protection? (choose all that apply) [allow more than one answer]
    
    
    

• I pay attention to always be aware of what is happening around me

• I stick to lighted areas.

• I stay around other people.

• Other [blank to fill in]
  
  
  

12. Just checking. Do these questions sound familiar to you? Is it because you have taken this survey before? [require one answer]
    
    
    

• Yes [Skip to Exit Page B for participants to who do not qualify.]

• No

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[On each row, the driver will be able to select exactly one item: a check in one of the first two blanks or a number in the third blank. Put the matrix (Q13 through Q21) and the yes-no question (Q22) and the extra question (Q23) if it appears all on one page. Have a “continue” button at the bottom.]

Truck drivers sometimes experience harassment or even violence. Please tell us about threats or crimes that happened to you. We are especially interested in knowing what happened because you are a female or minority truck driver. Think of what happens at work. Do not tell us what happened at your home. But, if somebody from work came to your house or somewhere else, include that.

	In the past two years . . .
	It did not happen to me.	It happened once.	If it happened more than once, try to remember how many times
Somebody called me a name I didn’t like. But they didn’t physically hurt me.
Somebody said words that threatened to hurt me.
Somebody vandalized my truck or cargo (Like painted it or broke something).
Somebody pushed me or hit me or physically hurt me.
Somebody threatened me with a weapon, like a gun or a knife or a wrench or a tire thumper.
Somebody rubbed me or my clothes and I didn’t want it.
Somebody touched my private body parts and I didn’t want it.
Somebody raped me.
Somebody kept me in human trafficking or forced labor.

22. We listed a few things that might have happened to you. Maybe somebody did something else against you because of your sex or race. Would you be willing to tell us about it? [allow one answer]
    
    
    

• Yes [Show Q23. Do not leave this page until the participant clicks Continue.]

• No [Do not leave this page until the participant clicks Continue.]
  
  
  

23. What happened? Please remember not to write anyone’s name. Do not use a company’s name. Use words like my supervisor, a dispatcher, my trainer, or a mechanic.

[Provide a space for 5000 characters of text.]

Continue

If nothing happened (i.e., Q14 through Q21 are all “It did not happen to me” and Q23 is blank) or the only event was name calling on the first row (Q13), we thank and dismiss the participant. We will offer the incentive to the participant. Skip to Q61, which is the open-ended question before the Normal Exit Page.

[This is the final question. A participant can arrive here by completing the survey, or by answering Q13 through Q22 but not giving an answer that required follow-up.]

Q61. Is there anything we missed, or anything you’d like to share? Do you have a recommendation to make things better? Feel free to say what’s on your mind, but please don’t write any names. Use words like my supervisor, a dispatcher, my trainer, or a mechanic. [open-ended text box]

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Thank you for taking the time to answer these questions. We understand it may have been difficult for you. Your answers will help us understand the situation.