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NIPO ODIN Version 5.17

*ENDST

Purpose

Ends a questionnaire and writes a response code.

Syntax

*ENDST <code>

Description

Terminates the questionnaire. In the T-file / Sample table record, if present, the response code as indicated is stored. The writing of the data depends on the meaning of the indicated response code.

Arguments

code
The non-response code that has to be written in the T-file / Sample table.

Remarks

The non-response code must be a two-digit number from 00-89.

Example

*QUESTION 1 *CODES L1
Do you own a car ?

1: Yes
2: No *ENDST 16

In this example, where only people owning a car should be interviewed, the code for outside target group is placed in the T-file / Sample table record.

Example 2

*QUESTION 1 *CODES L1
Do you want to continue this survey in a web questionnaire?

If so, we will send you an Email with a link (a URL), that you can start to fill in the questionnaire yourself.

1: Send Email with link *ENDST 41
2: No, continue interview in CATI

In this example, we use response code 41 to switch the interview from NIPO CATI to NIPO CAWI. Make sure to configure response code 41 in the survey configuration file:

RESPC41T=Switch to Web Interviewing
RESPC41=0,SWITCH