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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Health Econ. 2015 Feb 9;41:59–71. doi: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2015.01.008
Script Routing

Q1 During the [X] days since your last call, how many times did you buy heroin for your own use? If Q1 = 0 → Q11
If Q1 ≥ 1 → Q2

Q2 The [first/second/third/fourth/fifth] time you bought heroin, how much cash did you pay for it (in dollars)?

Q3 What units did you buy it in?
Press: 1 for bags or balloons
2 for grams
3 for ounces
4 for capsules
5 for foil packets
6 for lines
7 for rocks
8 for other
0 for don't know

Q4 How many [bags/grams/ounces/capsules/etc.] did you get for that amount of money?

Q5 How much of this heroin was for your own use? Please enter your answer as a percentage: for example, 100 means all of it was for yourself; 50 means half of it was for yourself; 0 means none of it was for yourself.

Q6 When you bought the heroin, what did you expect its quality would be like? Please rate what you expected the quality of the heroin would be like when you bought it on a scale of 1 to 9, where 1 is the worst you've ever had and 9 is the best you've ever had. Press 0 for “don't know”.

Q7 Have you used any of the heroin from this buy? If Q7 = 1 → Q8
Press: 1 for yes If Q7 = 2 → Q9
2 for no

Q8 What was the quality actually like? Please rate the actual quality of the heroin from this buy, on a scale of 1 to 9, where 1 is the worst you've ever had and 9 is the best you've ever had. Press 0 for “don't know”

Q9 Who did you buy the heroin from?
Press: 1 if from a regular source
2 if from an occasional source
3 if from a new source

Q10 Did you buy the heroin in the neighborhood where you live or outside your neighborhood? If no more buys to report → END Otherwise, report next buy → Q2
Press: 1 for in your neighborhood
2 for outside your neighborhood

Q11 During the [X] days since your last call, did you try to buy any heroin, but you didn't actually buy any? If Q11 = 1 → Q12
If Q11 = 2 → END
Press: 1 for yes
2 for no

Q12 Why didn't you buy?
Press: 1 if no dealers were available
2 if dealers did not have any heroin
3 if dealers did not have the quality you wanted
4 if police activity kept you from the dealers
5 if another reason stopped you from buying

END END HEROIN PORTION OF IVR CALL