Poland Stephanie, Stern Michael, English Ned, Pedlow Steven, Archambeau Katherine, Carris Kari
National Opinion Research Center at the University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States.
Department of Media & Information, College of Communication Arts and Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, United States.
JMIR Res Protoc. 2023 Mar 15;12:e40675. doi: 10.2196/40675.
Studies conducted in the United States such as the National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG) and the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) collect data on pregnancy intentions to aid in improving health education, services, and programs. PRAMS collects data from specific sites, and NSFG is a national household-based survey. Like NSFG, the Surveys of Women was designed to survey participants residing in households using an address-based sample and a multimode data collection approach. The Surveys of Women collects data from eligible participants in 9 states within the United States on contraception use, reproductive health, and pregnancy intentions. In this paper, we focus on the baseline data collection protocol, including sample design, data collection procedures, and data processing. We also include a brief discussion on the follow-up and endline survey methodologies. Our goal is to inform other researchers on methods to consider when fielding a household-level reproductive health survey.
The Surveys of Women was developed to support state-specific research and evaluation projects, with an overall goal of understanding contraceptive health practices among women aged 18-44 years. The project collects data from respondents in 9 different states (Arizona, Alabama, Delaware, Iowa, Maryland, New Jersey, Ohio, South Carolina, and Wisconsin) over multiple rounds.
Households were selected at random using address-based sampling methods. This project includes a cross-sectional baseline survey, 2 or 3 follow-up surveys with an opt-in panel of respondents, and a cross-sectional endline survey. Each round of data collection uses a multimode design through the use of a programmed web survey and a formatted hard copy questionnaire. Participants from the randomly selected households access their personalized surveys through a web survey or mail in a hard copy questionnaire. To maximize responses, these surveys follow a rigorous schedule of various prompts bolstering the survey implementation design, and the participants received a modest monetary incentive.
This is an ongoing project with results published separately by the evaluation teams involved with data analysis.
The methods used in the first baseline survey informed modifications to the methods used in subsequent statewide surveys. Data collected from this project will provide insight into women's reproductive health, contraceptive use, and abortion attitudes in the 9 selected states. The long-term goal of the project is to use a data collection methodology that collects data from a representative sample of participants to assess changes in reproductive health behaviors over time.
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在美国开展的研究，如全国家庭成长调查（NSFG）和妊娠风险评估监测系统（PRAMS），收集有关妊娠意愿的数据，以帮助改善健康教育、服务和项目。PRAMS从特定地点收集数据，而NSFG是一项基于全国家庭的调查。与NSFG一样，女性调查旨在通过基于地址的样本和多模式数据收集方法对居住在家庭中的参与者进行调查。女性调查从美国9个州的符合条件的参与者那里收集有关避孕措施使用、生殖健康和妊娠意愿的数据。在本文中，我们重点关注基线数据收集方案，包括样本设计、数据收集程序和数据处理。我们还简要讨论了随访和终期调查方法。我们的目标是告知其他研究人员在开展家庭层面的生殖健康调查时应考虑的方法。
女性调查旨在支持特定州的研究和评估项目，总体目标是了解18至44岁女性的避孕健康行为。该项目在多轮调查中从9个不同州（亚利桑那州、阿拉巴马州、特拉华州、爱荷华州、马里兰州、新泽西州、俄亥俄州、南卡罗来纳州和威斯康星州）的受访者那里收集数据。
使用基于地址的抽样方法随机选择家庭。该项目包括一项横断面基线调查、对一组选择参与的受访者进行2或3次随访调查以及一项横断面终期调查。每轮数据收集都通过使用程序化网络调查和格式化纸质问卷采用多模式设计。随机选择家庭中的参与者通过网络调查或邮寄纸质问卷来访问他们的个性化调查。为了最大限度地提高回复率，这些调查遵循严格的各种提示时间表以加强调查实施设计，并且参与者会获得适度的金钱激励。
这是一个正在进行的项目，结果由参与数据分析的评估团队单独发布。
首次基线调查中使用的方法为后续全州范围调查中使用的方法提供了改进依据。从该项目收集的数据将深入了解9个选定州女性的生殖健康、避孕措施使用和堕胎态度。该项目的长期目标是采用一种数据收集方法，从具有代表性的参与者样本中收集数据，以评估生殖健康行为随时间的变化。
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