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CHANGES INCORPORATED INTO THE AMPS® 2010A (JANUARY – DECEMBER 2010) Following is a summary of the changes to the contents as agreed upon in the compilation of AMPS® for 2010A compared to AMPS® 2009B.1. MEDIA 1.1 Print New Question: A question on the thoroughness of reading has been re-included for 2010. For each publication read in the past 6 months, respondents are asked how thoroughly the publication is usually read. New Titles:
Deleted Titles:
Changed Frequency:
Newspaper Supplements: Daily Newspaper supplements New Supplements:
Deleted Supplements:
Changed Frequency:
Bi-weekly Newspaper Supplements Deleted Supplements:
Weekly Newspaper Supplements New Supplements:
Deleted Supplements:
Name Changes:
1.2 Electronic Media TelevisionThe question regarding the household’s ability to receive the main M-Net channel has been simplified to read “Can your household receive the M-Net channel?”. The phrase “24 hours per day”, as well as the explanation of what is meant by the M-Net channel, have been removed. The M-Net logo is shown while the question is being asked. A new question has been included to determine whether the respondent’s household has a separate M-Net decoder currently actively in use. The wording of the question and read-out options used to establish the means by which M-Net is received, have been simplified. The following changes were made to the list of TV stations/channels: New Channels:
Name Changes:
Radio The list of radio stations has been updated according to the new 2010A radio diary. (See 3. RADIO DIARY below) 2. PRODUCTS/SERVICES 2.1 Cellphones The Cellphone section now precedes the Internet section, enabling internal CAPI checks on respondents who browse the WAP/Web from their cellphones and do not claim Internet access. Apple iPhone has been included on the list of cellphone makes. Three new cellphone activities have been added, namely: “Listen to the radio on your cellphone”, “Watch television on your cellphone” and “Read a newspaper/magazine on your cellphone”. 2.2 Internet The question regarding Internet bookings now includes a show screen with types of bookings and respondents are asked for which of those, if any, they have made a booking over the Internet in the past 12 months. The types of bookings listed are: cinema/movie tickets, concerts/theatre/live shows and travel. An option for other types of bookings is also included. In the list of Internet activities, “E-mail” replaces “Mail” and an option for “Other” has been added. 2.3 Financial Services On the list of financial services, savings/transmission account has been changed to savings account only. ATM card has also been removed from the list. “Mzansi” now appears before “savings account” and the definition for savings account specifically excludes Mzansi. 2.4 Food and Groceries Changes to the list of stores are as follows: Dis-Chem and Price Club / Friendly Price Club have been added to the list of stores. Friendly Shoppe has been removed. Caltex Star Mart / Star Shop has been expanded to include Fresh Stop. Friendly 7 Eleven is now listed as 7 Eleven/Friendly 7 Eleven. 2.5 Travel Questions on travel now refer to travel in South Africa, not Southern Africa. Seven new questions have been added to determine: · Which airline(s) were used for trips inside South Africa in the past 12 months. · How frequently the respondent hires a car when on a business trip. · How frequently the respondent stays overnight in paid-for accommodation (e.g. hotel/guest house/bed & breakfast (B&B)/self-catering apartment) when on a business trip. · Which destination(s) the respondent visited during his/her holidays. · What type of accommodation the respondent stayed in during his/her holidays. · Which province(s) were visited during the respondent’s holidays. · When last the respondent travelled outside of South Africa, other than by air. The question on the number of weekend trips where the respondent has stayed in a hotel has been changed. The question now includes both weekend and long weekend trips where respondents stayed in any paid-for accommodation e.g. a hotel/guest house/bed & breakfast or self-catering apartment. 2.6 Clothing / Shoes Meltz and Spitz have been added to the list of clothing stores. Three new stores have been added to the list of shoe stores namely Meltz, Spitz and Tekkie Town. The order of the questions regarding shoes has been changed. The respondent is first asked whether sports and exercise shoes have been bought, followed by whether other shoes (excluding sports shoes) have been bought, and finally where all of these shoes (both sports and other shoes) have been bought. Previously the “where bought” question was only asked for “non-sports shoes”. 2.7 Personal Data A new question has been added to establish respondents’ religious denomination. 3. RADIO DIARY 3.1 Commercial Radio Stations
3.2 Community Radio Stations Gauteng:
Mpumalanga:
Free State:
Limpopo:
North West:
KwaZulu-Natal:
Western Cape:
Northern Cape:
Eastern Cape:
4. PRODUCT RESEARCH AND ACTIVITIES 4.1 Branded Product Category Section A new category, Cook-in Sauces, has been added to the Past 4 Weeks purchase section. The branded Cigarette category has been removed, but the volume question was retained and inserted into the “smoking” part of the Interests and Activities section. The Hairstyling Products category has been expanded to include hair relaxers. The Fruit Juice category now also includes vegetable juices. The Canned Fish category has been expanded to “Tinned/Canned Fish”. The Ready-to-eat Cereals category is now described as “Ready-to-eat/Instant Cereals”.
4.2 Interests and Activities Section A question has been added to the section on Smoking. If the respondent is a smoker, he/she is asked “How many cigarettes did you personally smoke YESTERDAY?”. In the activities section, squash has been added to the list of sports. “Attend a religious gathering” has been expanded to “Attend a church/synagogue/temple/mosque or other religious service/gathering (excluding funerals)”. In the Music section, the option for “other” type of music has been changed to an “Other (STATE)” option for respondents to mention which other types of music they are interested in. 4.3 Website Section The pilot Website Section has been removed from the Product Questionnaire. |
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