• About the Study
• Methodology
  • Instrument Development
  • Training
  • Agency Survey
  • Client Survey
  • Response Rates
  • Analysis Methods
  • Reporting Conventions
  • Degree of Comparability
    • Estimating Turnover Rates
    • Provider Screening
    • More Than One Visit
    • Longer Hours
    • Number of Participating Food Banks
    • Open Less Often
    • Small Providers
    • Summary
  • Number of A2H Clients Served
• Key Findings
• Who We Serve
• How We Serve
• Local Picture
• Snapshot Comparisons
• Media Center

Keeping More Information on Interviewing That Involved More than One Visit to Providers (3.8.3)

To achieve interview targets for both surveys (particularly in 2001), it was sometimes necessary to make more than one visit, on different days, to a provider. In 2001, summary information on these visits was combined and placed in a single data record on the analysis file. In 2005, we kept detailed data on each visit in separate data records. This allowed more complete and precise analysis of the sampling done at the sites.