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Surveys in the UAS

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  • My Household

    Quarterly demographic survey
    No
    7225
    April 07, 2014
    In the field

  • UAS 1

    Cognitive Abilities; Financial Literacy; Psychology
    Financial Literacy; Personality; Understanding Probabilities; Numeracy
    No
    6867
    May 31, 2014
    In the field

  • UAS 2

    Environment; Income; Subjective Well-being
    Satisfaction with life domains; well-being yesterday; neighborhood quality; comparison of incomes with others
    No
    6211
    September 03, 2014
    In the field

  • UAS 3

    Cognitive Abilities; Risk Preferences
    Effects of Complexity on Investment Decisions; Decision-Making Avoidance 
    No
    957
    December 08, 2014 to March 08, 2015
    Out of the field

  • UAS 4

    Financial Literacy
    Understanding of financial services disclosure forms
    No
    1593
    October 07, 2014 to August 26, 2015
    Out of the field

  • UAS 5

    Cognitive Abilities; Risk Preferences
    Decision-making quality; Risk aversion; Investment Decisions
    No
    1493
    October 22, 2014 to April 14, 2016
    Out of the field

  • UAS 6

    Financial Literacy
    Financial Literacy
    No
    6067
    August 27, 2014
    In the field

  • UAS 7

    Consumer Behavior
    Willingness to share electronic financial transaction data
    No
    1052
    August 20, 2014 to October 20, 2014
    Out of the field

  • UAS 8

    Consumer Behavior; Health
    Closing survey after 10-day accelerometer experiment
    No
    703
    December 27, 2014 to August 01, 2017
    Out of the field

  • UAS 9

    Consumer Behavior; Demographics; Financial Literacy
    Survey of Consumer Payment Choices
    Under embargo until January 01, 2018
    1476
    October 07, 2014 to January 30, 2015
    Out of the field

  • UAS 10

    Consumer Behavior; Diet & Lifestyle; Health; Subjective Well-being
    Graphic DRM
    No
    1127
    February 19, 2015 to November 22, 2016
    Out of the field

  • UAS 11

    Environment; Politics
    End of year survey, 2014
    No
    1230
    December 23, 2014 to February 02, 2015
    Out of the field

  • UAS 12

    Health
    Ebola virus awareness survey
    No
    1367
    October 28, 2014 to January 30, 2015
    Out of the field

  • UAS 13

    Demographics; Diet & Lifestyle; Environment
    Baseline survey for LA County Restaurant program study
    No
    57
    August 26, 2015 to February 26, 2016
    Out of the field

  • UAS 14

    Financial Literacy; Income; Retirement & Pensions; Savings; Wealth
    Retirement choices
    No
    704
    April 29, 2015 to May 19, 2015
    Out of the field

  • UAS 15

    Demographics; Education; Non Cognitive Abilities; Politics; Religion; Social Attitudes And Values
    Tolerance, Grit and Background: Experiences growing up, religious and political affiliations, and opinions on various different statements
    No
    1760
    June 08, 2015 to January 03, 2016
    Out of the field

  • UAS 16

    Financial Literacy; Retirement & Pensions; Savings
    What do People Know about Social Security
    No
    5372
    May 21, 2015 to July 27, 2017
    Out of the field

  • UAS 17

    Financial Literacy; Health; Health Insurance
    Health Insurance and ACA
    No
    1521
    February 19, 2015 to October 27, 2015
    Out of the field

  • UAS 18

    Cognitive Abilities; Consumer Behavior; Financial Literacy
    Financial Services & Decision Making
    No
    5826
    April 20, 2015
    In the field

  • UAS 19

    Retirement & Pensions; Time Preferences
    Retirement choices follow up to UAS14
    No
    637
    May 29, 2015 to July 11, 2015
    Out of the field

  • UAS 20

    Cognitive Abilities; Demographics; Family; Health
    Background, household, health history and cognitive abilities (HRS 2014 Sections A-D)
    No
    5880
    May 20, 2015
    In the field

  • UAS 21

    Family; Housing; Income; Social Networks
    Family, health, care and living arrangements (HRS 2014 modules E-H)
    No
    5663
    May 25, 2015
    In the field

  • UAS 22

    Employment & Labor Market; Retirement & Pensions
    Current job status, job history and health related work impairments (HRS 2014 modules J-M)
    No
    5451
    May 25, 2015
    In the field

  • UAS 23

    Health; Health Insurance; Subjective Expectations
    Health insurance, healthcare usage and probabilities of events (HRS 2014 modules N-P)
    No
    5084
    May 25, 2015
    In the field

  • UAS 24

    Income; Savings; Wealth
    Income and assets (HRS 2014 modules Q-R)
    No
    5271
    May 25, 2015
    In the field

  • UAS 25

    Health; Wealth
    Wills, trusts and life insurance policies (HRS 2014 module T-W)
    No
    4921
    May 25, 2015
    In the field

  • UAS 26

    Demographics; Psychology; Retirement & Pensions
    This survey explores ways people get information on retirement and Social Security.
    No
    5617
    July 31, 2015
    In the field

  • UAS 27

    Demographics; Employment & Labor Market; Family
    Vignette Survey exploring Fertility and Labor Market participation
    Under embargo
    1870
    October 29, 2015 to August 16, 2016
    Out of the field

  • UAS 28

    Consumer Behavior; Demographics; Financial Literacy
    2015 Boston Fed: Survey of Consumer Payment Choice (SCPC)
    Under embargo
    0
    October 06, 2015 to January 05, 2016
    Out of the field

  • UAS 30

    Consumer Behavior; Health; Survey Methodology
    Older adults Project for the Roybal Center on flu with 4 treatments involving vignettes and CDC information.
    No
    1277
    September 21, 2015 to March 01, 2016
    Out of the field

  • UAS 31

    Consumer Behavior
    2015 Boston Fed SCPC/DCPC consent survey
    Under embargo
    1572
    September 24, 2015 to December 10, 2015
    Out of the field

  • UAS 32

    Health; Health Insurance
    Health Insurance and ACA
    No
    1458
    October 28, 2015 to January 12, 2016
    Out of the field

  • UAS 33

    Consumer Behavior; Diet & Lifestyle
    LA County Restaurant Site Visit
    Under embargo
    131
    May 06, 2017
    In the field

  • UAS 35

    Consumer Behavior; Savings; Survey Methodology
    Yodlee Administrative Record Internet Banking Project
    No
    1101
    July 11, 2016
    In the field

  • UAS 36

    Politics; Psychology; Social Attitudes And Values
    End of year survey
    No
    1718
    December 18, 2015 to February 05, 2016
    Out of the field

  • UAS 37

    Demographics; Education; Non Cognitive Abilities; Politics; Religion; Social Attitudes And Values
    Experiences growing up, religious and political affiliations, and opinions on various different statements. Modified version of UAS 15 for all respondents.
    No
    3688
    February 05, 2016
    In the field

  • UAS 38

    Cognitive Abilities; Financial Literacy
    Subjective numeracy and Consumer Financial Well-Being
    No
    5498
    February 12, 2015
    In the field

  • UAS 39

    Consumer Behavior; Health
    Activity and sleeping patterns
    No
    728
    February 05, 2016 to June 16, 2016
    Out of the field

  • UAS 40

    Income; Politics
    Poverty vignettes and Election question
    No
    3016
    March 18, 2016 to July 13, 2016
    Out of the field

  • UAS 41

    Consumer Behavior; Diet & Lifestyle; Health
    LA County Baseline
    Under embargo
    405
    May 03, 2017
    In the field

  • UAS 42

    Cognitive Abilities
    Cognitive measures 1 - Numbers
    No
    5778
    June 13, 2016
    In the field

  • UAS 43

    Cognitive Abilities
    Cognitive measures 2 - Picture Vocabulary
    No
    5595
    June 21, 2016
    In the field

  • UAS 44

    Cognitive Abilities
    Cognitive measures 3- Verbal Analogies
    No
    5454
    June 01, 2016
    In the field

  • UAS 45

    Cognitive Abilities; Risk Preferences
    Effects of Complexity on Investment Decisions; Decision-Making Avoidance
    No
    165
    April 19, 2016 to April 25, 2016
    Out of the field

  • UAS 47

    Politics
    Election Baseline 2016
    No
    5007
    May 16, 2016 to November 01, 2016
    Out of the field

  • UAS 48

    Consumer Behavior; Financial Literacy; Income
    Discover Financial Health Check Survey
    No
    3808
    July 08, 2016 to November 28, 2016
    Out of the field

  • UAS 49

    Financial Literacy; Risk Preferences; Time Preferences
    This survey was funded as part of the Roybal Center for Health Decision Making and Financial Independence in Old Age, exploring the question of whether or not people understand annuities.
    No
    4530
    June 06, 2016 to October 27, 2016
    Out of the field

  • UAS 50

    Subjective Expectations
    Survey on expectations
    No
    1543
    June 16, 2016 to August 09, 2016
    Out of the field

  • UAS 51

    Employment & Labor Market
    Survey focusing on work schedule preferences. Includes experiments varying fixed schedule vs. flexible and a range of compensation rates.
    No
    2154
    June 03, 2016 to August 22, 2016
    Out of the field

  • UAS 52

    Politics
    Daybreak Poll: Approval of Mike Pence as Trump Vice Presidential pick and respondent's choice of candidates being considered for Clinton's runnning mate.
    No
    2399
    July 15, 2016 to July 22, 2016
    Out of the field

  • UAS 53

    Cognitive Abilities; Risk Preferences
    Effects of Complexity on Investment Decisions; Decision-Making Avoidance
    No
    139
    September 13, 2016 to September 26, 2016
    Out of the field

  • UAS 54

    Politics
    Daybreak Poll: Republican Convention Questions
    No
    2575
    July 22, 2016 to July 28, 2016
    Out of the field

  • UAS 55

    Politics
    Daybreak Poll: Democratic Convention Questions
    No
    2938
    July 29, 2016 to August 08, 2016
    Out of the field

  • UAS 56

    Consumer Behavior; Financial Literacy; Income
    Discover Financial Health Check Survey - Followup month 1
    No
    3536
    August 12, 2016 to March 28, 2017
    Out of the field

  • UAS 57

    Consumer Behavior; Financial Literacy; Income
    Discover Financial Health Check Survey - Followup month 2
    No
    3459
    September 01, 2016 to March 28, 2017
    Out of the field

  • UAS 58

    Consumer Behavior; Financial Literacy; Income
    Discover Financial Health Check Survey - Followup month 3
    No
    3345
    October 01, 2016 to March 30, 2017
    Out of the field

  • UAS 59

    Consumer Behavior; Financial Literacy; Income
    Discover Financial Health Check Survey - Followup month 4
    No
    3286
    October 01, 2016 to April 30, 2017
    Out of the field

  • UAS 60

    Consumer Behavior; Financial Literacy; Income
    Discover Financial Health Check Survey - Final survey
    No
    3504
    December 07, 2016 to May 30, 2017
    Out of the field

  • UAS 61

    Consumer Behavior
    Survey of major life events and eliciting willingness to participate in intensive EMA studies.
    No
    4745
    August 23, 2016 to November 14, 2016
    Out of the field

  • UAS 62

    Consumer Behavior
    2016 Boston Fed: Survey of Consumer Payment Choice (SCPC)
    Under embargo until August 29, 2017
    3384
    September 19, 2016 to November 01, 2016
    Out of the field

  • UAS 64

    Consumer Behavior
    Boston Fed: Consent survey for SCPC/DCPC 2016
    Under embargo until August 29, 2017
    3546
    August 29, 2016 to September 12, 2016
    Out of the field

  • UAS 65

    Consumer Behavior; Financial Literacy; Risk Preferences
    Survey of hypothetical investment choices.
    No
    1030
    December 12, 2016 to January 03, 2017
    Out of the field

  • UAS 66

    Financial Literacy; Retirement & Pensions
    SSA-Naming Survey Pilot
    Under embargo until September 30, 2017
    3458
    November 22, 2016 to March 27, 2017
    Out of the field

  • UAS 67

    Income; Risk Preferences
    Risk Attitudes and Financial Anxiety
    Under embargo until November 22, 2017
    653
    November 22, 2016 to December 15, 2016
    Out of the field

  • UAS 68

    Consumer Behavior
    Survey of major life events following up to UAS61.
    No
    5151
    October 07, 2016 to June 20, 2017
    Out of the field

  • UAS 69

    Non Cognitive Abilities
    This survey asks respondents to perform a monotonous task to measure their effort level.
    Under embargo
    918
    February 23, 2017 to April 03, 2017
    Out of the field

  • UAS 70

    Retirement & Pensions; Subjective Expectations
    This survey focuses on respondents\' experiences and expectations around claiming their Social Security benefits
    Under embargo
    1783
    January 09, 2017 to March 13, 2017
    Out of the field

  • UAS 71

    Politics
    UAS 71 is the 2016 UAS post-election poll.
    No
    4455
    November 09, 2016 to December 19, 2016
    Out of the field

  • UAS 72

    Income; Retirement & Pensions; Savings; Subjective Expectations
    Survey on expectations
    No
    4996
    January 09, 2017
    In the field

  • UAS 73

    Politics; Social Networks
    The final pre-election administration of a survey intended to examine the predictive power of asking questions about the voting intentions of the respondents' circle of friends. Previous administrations were in the election series file, asked in series 2,6, and 11. A version asked again in the post-election poll.
    Under embargo
    2645
    November 03, 2016 to November 07, 2016
    Out of the field

  • UAS 74

    Consumer Behavior; Savings; Wealth
    Yodlee
    Under embargo
    1279
    June 21, 2017
    In the field

  • UAS 75

    Consumer Behavior
    Consumer labeling study
    Under embargo
    1117
    January 12, 2017 to January 25, 2017
    Out of the field

  • UAS 76

    Psychology; Social Attitudes And Values
    End of year survey 2016
    No
    4896
    December 16, 2016 to February 15, 2017
    Out of the field

  • UAS 77

    Consumer Behavior
    This survey asks respondents about how they were impacted by hurricane Matthew in relation to their spending.
    Under embargo
    436
    December 16, 2016 to January 09, 2017
    Out of the field

  • UAS 79

    Employment & Labor Market; Income
    This survey asks about respondents’ employment status, including their earnings and hours worked per week. It then presents respondents with hypothetical choices over different combinations of earnings and work hours. Finally, it asks about the labor supply behavior of any spouse or partner.
    Under embargo
    4318
    December 15, 2016 to February 07, 2017
    Out of the field

  • UAS 80

    Cognitive Abilities; Health Insurance; Risk Preferences
    Effects of Complexity on Health Insurance Decisions
    Under embargo
    4932
    February 02, 2017
    In the field

  • UAS 81

    Consumer Behavior
    Consumer labeling study 2 (coconut water)
    No
    1071
    February 24, 2017 to March 28, 2017
    Out of the field

  • UAS 82

    Employment & Labor Market
    Survey focusing on work schedule preferences. Includes experiments varying fixed schedule vs. flexible and a range of compensation rates. Follow up to UAS51 and associated with UAS79
    Under embargo until February 10, 2018
    1869
    February 10, 2017 to March 16, 2017
    Out of the field

  • UAS 87

    Cognitive Abilities; Consumer Behavior; Health; Health Insurance
    Effects of Complexity on Investment Decisions; Decision-Making Avoidance
    Under embargo
    4492
    February 24, 2017 to May 03, 2017
    Out of the field

  • UAS 88

    Politics; Social Attitudes And Values
    State of the country first 60 days of the new administration.
    No
    4785
    February 24, 2017 to April 10, 2017
    Out of the field

  • UAS 90

    Health; Health Insurance; Risk Preferences; Time Preferences
    Under embargo
    4
    August 07, 2017
    In the field

  • UAS 91

    Politics
    State of the country first 100 days of the new administration.
    Under embargo until October 01, 2017
    4616
    April 12, 2017 to May 19, 2017
    Out of the field

  • UAS 93

    Health Insurance; Retirement & Pensions; Time Preferences
    Medicare
    Under embargo
    517
    May 10, 2017 to May 16, 2017
    Out of the field

  • UAS 94

    Financial Literacy; Retirement & Pensions; Savings
    What do People Know about Social Security - Wave 2 (UAS16: wave 1)
    Under embargo
    1021
    July 28, 2017
    In the field

  • UAS 95

    Cognitive Abilities; Demographics; Family; Health; Religion
    Background, household, health history and cognitive abilities (HRS Wave 2 - 2016 Sections A-D)
    Under embargo
    1469
    June 01, 2017
    In the field

  • UAS 96

    Diet & Lifestyle; Family; Health; Housing; Social Networks; Wealth
    Family, health, care and living arrangements (HRS 2016 modules E-H)
    Under embargo
    1207
    June 16, 2017
    In the field

  • UAS 97

    Employment & Labor Market; Retirement & Pensions
    Current job status, job history and health related work impairments (HRS 2016 modules J-M)
    Under embargo
    821
    June 30, 2017
    In the field

  • UAS 98

    Health; Health Insurance; Subjective Expectations
    Health insurance, healthcare usage and probabilities of events (HRS 2016 modules N-P)
    Under embargo
    103
    July 28, 2017
    In the field

  • UAS 99

    Income; Savings
    Income and assets (HRS 2016 modules Q-R)
    Under embargo
    422
    July 14, 2017
    In the field

  • UAS 100

    Family; Health; Income; Wealth
    Widowhood and divorce, and wills, trusts and life insurance policies (HRS 2016 module S-T-W)
    Under embargo
    14
    August 09, 2017
    In the field

  • UAS 103

    Income; Politics; Social Attitudes And Values
    UAS Quartely Omnibus
    Under embargo
    2433
    July 13, 2017 to August 21, 2017
    Out of the field
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