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LAST WEEK, was this person TEMPORARILY absent from a job or business?
1) Yes, on vacation, temporary illness, maternity leave, other personal reasons, etc. 2) No

Answer questions 29-32 ONLY IF this person did NOT work last week. Otherwise, SKIP to question 33.

Demographics
Employment
ACS
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ACS Labor Force Questions: Results from Cognitive Interview Testing

Center for Behavioral Science Methods
7/25/2007
Cognitive Interview
10/2004
Census - ACSO
Citation: Rothgeb, J., 2007, ACS Labor Force Questions: Results from Cognitive Interview Testing, Washington, DC: U.S. Bureau of the Census. https://wwwn.cdc.gov/QBank/Report.aspx?1024
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Abstract: The primary objective of this research is to develop alternative question wording that can be tested in the split-panel ACS 2006 Content Test. The control treatment in the content test will be the current ACS question wording. The test treatment will include the recommended alternative resulting from this research. This research will determine whether the ACS question wording should be modified in an effort to improve the ACS labor force estimates and bring them closer in line with the CPS estimates. Given that the ACS is a multi-mode survey (self-administered questionnaire (SAQ), computer-assisted telephone interview (CATI), and computer-assisted personal visit interview (CAPI), cognitive testing of the question wording in all modes is necessary. The ACS 2006 Content Test will use only two modes (SAQ and CAPI) due to time constraints.

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