I received a text today (allegedly & actually) from the  US Census Bureau, with a link to a survey at covid.census.gov.  After validating that everything looked legit, I took the approximately 20 minute survey.
See about the survey at
  https://www.census.gov/data/experimental...urvey.html
They wanted to know everything about you, except your name.
Age, gender, address, income, race, email (because I said to use email vs text), education, household size, sexual orientation, Â gender identity, etc. (not religion or politics)
I almost aborted the survey.
Most of the COVID related questions were short term (last week or two). Â I guess there was one where they ask if a health professional has told you you had COVID. Â They didn't ask how many times you were infected, whether it was mild or critical, how many times you've been tested. Â (They did ask 0, 1, or all vaccinations, but not what kind.) Â Instead they asked more about financial & emotional negatives (did you have trouble making payments; Â were you feeling stressed, etc.)
Judging from what the news covers, Â I'm sure I'm an outlier. Â But even outliers should do the surveys.
What I feel about surveys like this is that they are pre-selected by someone who wants to make an issue of what the survey measures. Â If a survey is done about whether people are a vegetarian or not, that becomes an issue du jour, even if, say, the weather is the biggest influence on the country at the time.
See about the survey at
  https://www.census.gov/data/experimental...urvey.html
They wanted to know everything about you, except your name.
Age, gender, address, income, race, email (because I said to use email vs text), education, household size, sexual orientation, Â gender identity, etc. (not religion or politics)
I almost aborted the survey.
Most of the COVID related questions were short term (last week or two). Â I guess there was one where they ask if a health professional has told you you had COVID. Â They didn't ask how many times you were infected, whether it was mild or critical, how many times you've been tested. Â (They did ask 0, 1, or all vaccinations, but not what kind.) Â Instead they asked more about financial & emotional negatives (did you have trouble making payments; Â were you feeling stressed, etc.)
Judging from what the news covers, Â I'm sure I'm an outlier. Â But even outliers should do the surveys.
What I feel about surveys like this is that they are pre-selected by someone who wants to make an issue of what the survey measures. Â If a survey is done about whether people are a vegetarian or not, that becomes an issue du jour, even if, say, the weather is the biggest influence on the country at the time.