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NIPO ODIN Version 5.17

*ABORT

Purpose

Ends the questionnaire, interview not successful.

Syntax

*ABORT

Description

Terminates the questionnaire and marks the interview as ‘not successful’. There will be no data written. This will be irrevocable. In the T-file or Sample table record, if present, the response code for *ABORT (22, not successful) is stored.

Example

*QUESTION 1 *CODES L1
Are you willing to co-operate with a survey about car-insurances?

Interviewer: If the respondent does not own a car, use code 4 to end the interview.

1: Yes
2: No, perhaps later *CUT 1
3: No, refusal (specify refusal type) *NONRESP "E"

4: Does not own a car *ABORT