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# Questions and Coding
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- The COVID-19 Trends and Impacts Survey (CTIS) has been deployed in several waves.
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- We have tried to ensure the coding of waves is consistent. This page provides
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- the full survey text and coding schemes.
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+ The COVID-19 Trends and Impacts Survey (CTIS) has been deployed in several
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+ waves. We have tried to ensure the coding of waves is consistent. This page
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+ provides the full survey text, coding schemes, and history of survey waves and
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+ revisions.
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+ <div style =" background-color :#f5f6fa ; padding : 10px 30px ;" ><strong >Comprehensive
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+ codebook:</strong > Our <a href =" codebook.csv " >codebook (CSV)</a > lists all
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+ questions and answer choices across all waves of the survey. See below for
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+ details on the <a href =" #basic-coding-rules " >basic coding rules</a > and the <a
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+ href="#comprehensive-codebook">formatting of the codebook</a >, and narrative
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+ explanations of the reasons for each instrument change.</div >
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## Table of contents
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* ` wave ` : Integer specifying the survey wave this respondent completed; see
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below for the full list.
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* ` UserLanguage ` : Language the respondent completed the survey in.
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- - ` fips ` : The * primary* county FIPS code corresponding to the ZIP code selected
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- by the respondent. Note that ZIP codes can cross county and even state
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- boundaries; if a respondent's ZIP is in multiple counties, the FIPS reported
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- in this column corresponds to the county the ZIP overlaps most with. If a ZIP
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- is not more than 50% in any one county, or if their reported ZIP code cannot
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- be found, ` NA ` is reported.
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+ - ` fips ` : The * primary* county [ FIPS
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+ code] ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIPS_county_code ) corresponding to the ZIP
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+ code selected by the respondent. Note that ZIP codes can cross county and even
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+ state boundaries; if a respondent's ZIP is in multiple counties, the FIPS
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+ reported in this column corresponds to the county the ZIP overlaps most with.
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+ If a ZIP is not more than 50% in any one county, or if their reported ZIP code
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+ cannot be found, ` NA ` is reported.
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Beginning in Wave 11, the ` module ` column indicates which module the respondent
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was randomly assigned to. See the [ survey modules and randomization] ( modules.md )
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## Comprehensive Codebook
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- The [ codebook] ( codebook.csv ) describes availability of metadata and question
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- fields by survey version. A row is included for each field available in the
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- microdata files for a given survey wave. We recommend using the codebook as a
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- reference while working with the survey microdata, to ensure you interpret each
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- question and answer choice accurately even as items were revised between
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+ The [ codebook (CSV) ] ( codebook.csv ) describes availability of metadata and
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+ question fields by survey version. A row is included for each field available in
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+ the microdata files for a given survey wave. We recommend using the codebook as
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+ a reference while working with the survey microdata, to ensure you interpret
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+ each question and answer choice accurately even as items were revised between
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survey waves.
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If a field is available for multiple waves, it is listed separately for each
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