Comparison of a web-push survey research protocol with a mailed paper and pencil protocol in the Monitoring the Future panel survey.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

The experiment tested the effects of a web-push survey research protocol, compared with the standard mailed paper-and-pencil protocol, among young adults aged 19-30 years in the 'Monitoring the Future' (MTF) longitudinal study.

Design, setting and participants

The US-based MTF study has measured substance use trends among young adults in panel samples followed biennially, using consistent mailed survey procedures from 1977 to 2017. In 2018, young adult participants in the MTF longitudinal component scheduled to be surveyed at ages 19-30 in 2018 (from high school senior cohorts of 2006-17, n = 14 709) were randomly assigned to receive the standard mail/paper survey procedures or new web-push procedures.

Measurements

Primary outcomes were responding to the survey a

SUBMITTER: Patrick ME 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7736051 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature