Instructions and Coding Materials for Behavior Coding of Recorded NMES HouseholdInterviews. Supplement to Analysis of Interviewer and Respondent Behavior in the Household Survey. National Medical Expenditure Survey Methods 7

摘要

The present document supplements the authors' report, 'Analysis of Interviewerand Respondent Behavior in the Household Survey' (National Medical Expenditure Survey Methods 7, NTIS Accession No. PB96-175302) which examines the data collection methods and procedures used in the household component of the National Medical Expenditure Survey; analyses in that report were based on a detailed coding of tape recordings of over 300 NMES interviews. The present document provides the sample forms used by coders for global ratings of the interviews and for coding interview behavior. It also contains detailed definitions of behavior codes and question-by-question guidelines for behavior coding.