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Survey information
Who can participate?
Follow the guidance you received on the invitation letter and postcard. The survey participant from your household will be either the oldest or youngest male or female between over the age of 18. If there is no one of that age group and gender currently living in your house, then anyone over the age of 18 can participate.
Why should I participate?
You have an opportunity to help your community. This is the first national survey on this topic to be conducted. By participating, you can make sure that your experiences and perspective are represented. The information that you provide will help states around the country take steps to build safer, strong communities.
You will also receive $40 as a thank you for participating. Payment for participating in this study will be made using a Visa giftcard, which is a pre-paid card that works like a debit card.
Will my responses be anonymous?
Your survey responses will be linked to your address through a unique numeric access code. Your address is necessary to ensure that you are compensated for the completion of the survey. This unique code will temporarily be stored in a secure database that only our study staff can access. During the period of time that this code is stored there is the possibility that data from the survey could be linked to the address via this code; we will minimize this risk by keeping the unique linking code on a secure server and password protected. After the Visa giftcard is mailed, information relating to your address will be destroyed. All data analysis and reporting from the survey will be done in aggregate form.
How do I get started?
Click here to complete a one-time online survey. The survey will take about 40 minutes and can be completed on a computer, laptop, tablet, or smartphone. You will receive a $40 gift card mailed to your home address for completing the survey. Your participation will be completely anonymous.
Confidentiality information
The Strong Communities Survey is committed to respecting your privacy.
As required by law, any information obtained during this survey will be kept confidential. We do not sell any personal contact information. Your name and other identifying information will not be shared with anyone outside of the research team.
Information that you provide will be combined with information from other participants. Summarized results will be shared with the stakeholders and the general public. The information will be used for research purposes only. No personally identifiable information will be shared with the public in any datasets that are created.
We want you to feel secure in providing responses to our questions. Your decision to participate is voluntary and greatly appreciated. You may decline to answer any question.