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DEER Response Data Summary License Year 1999 Montana State Library : « wtSj To: Jeff Herbert, Candy Hinz From: Steve Martin Date: 5/23/2000 Subject: LY99 Deer Response Data Analysis - Survey Return Rates To assist in evaluating the effectiveness of current approaches to conducting Harvest Surveys, and improving them, I have produced this brief summary of License Year 1999 deer survey response return counts and rates by various survey related factors. Labels = # labels generated. Sports = # sportspersons labels were generated for. Resp Y = # returned and used in analysis, Pcnt_Y = Return Rate as a percent. This table shows overall return rates by survey form (CBG=N Combo Big Game, CDE=N Combo Deer, DEE= Standard Deer). Non-resident surveys are mailed, resident are mostly phone interviews. LabReq99 - Deer Returns and Return Rates - By Form HS_ LABELS SPORTS RESP_Y PCNT_Y CBG 8179 8179 3666 44.82 CDE 4081 4081 2153 52.76 DEE 68645 68645 46132 67.20 This table shows breaks out residency for the DEE survey form. LabReq99 - Deer Returns and Return Rates - By Form and Res HS_ R LABELS SPORTS RESP_Y PCNT_Y CBG N 8179 8179 3666 44.82 CDE N 4081 4081 2153 52.76 DEE N 2421 2421 1050 43.37 DEE R 66224 66224 45082 68.08 This table further breaks out Conservation Prefix. The very low return by Type 20 holders may be an artifact of low population size. Note returns for Combos are lowest for holders owning the Outfitter version. LabReq99 - Deer Returns and Return Rates - By Form, Res, Cons Pfx HS_ R CO LABELS SPORTS RESP_Y PCNT_Y CBG N 83 5302 5302 2490 46.96 CBG N 84 2877 2877 1176 40.88 CDE N 85 1459 1459 773 52.98 CDE N 86 1362 1362 660 48.46 CDE N 87 1260 1260 720 57.14 DEE N 16 2370 2370 1037 43.76 DEE N 20 51 51 13 25.49 DEE R 09 5472 5472 3925 71.73 DEE R 11 6698 6698 4498 67.15 DEE R 12 25064 25064 17358 69.25 DEE R 19 26710 26710 17934 67.14 DEE R 34 1047 1047 745 71.16 DEE R 74 1221 1221 612 50.12 DEE R 81 12 12 10 83.33 Harvest Surveys DeerRetumRates99.doc 5/23/2000 Page 1 of 1 < V OHO V ■ pg0 . n gen .'i -a _-g p rj Ir jaEJO r. i-rO a •• ■ 'j . ( This table shows returns by Label Type (B=Bad=not surveyed, M=Mail, P=Phone). Not surprisingly, phone surveys result in significantly higher return rates. LabReq99 - Deer Returns and Return Rates - By Label Type L LABELS SPORTS RESP Y PONT Y B 155 155 0 0.00 M 17420 17420 7637 43.84 P 63330 63330 44314 69.97 This table shows returns by Survey Form and Label Type. LabReq99 - Deer Returns and Return Rates - By Form and Label Type HS_ L LABELS SPORTS RESP_Y PCNT_Y CBG B 35 35 0 0.00 CBG M 8144 8144 3666 45.01 CDE B 17 17 0 0.00 CDE M 4064 4064 2153 52.98 DEE B 103 103 0 0.00 DEE M 5212 5212 1818 34.88 DEE P 63330 63330 44314 69.97 This table shows returns by Residency and Label Type. I have no explanation for why return rates for resident mail surveys are so much lower than for non-resident. Perhaps the absence of a valid phone number for a sportsperson is highly correlated with the absence of a valid mailing address as well. LabReq99 - Deer Returns and Return Rates - By Res and Label Type R L LABELS SPORTS RESP_Y PCNT_Y N B 100 100 0 0.00 N M 14581 14581 6869 47.11 R B 55 55 0 0.00 R M 2839 2839 768 27.05 R P 63330 63330 44314 69.97 This table shows returns by Survey Form, Residency and Label Type. Again, note the difference between standard deer form returns by residents versus non-residents. LabReq99 - Deer Returns and Return Rates - By Form, Res and Label Type HS_ R L LABELS SPORTS RESP_Y PCNT_Y CBG N B 35 35 0 0.00 CBG N M 8144 8144 3666 45.01 CDE N B 17 17 0 0.00 CDE N M 4064 4064 2153 52.98 DEE N B 48 48 0 0.00 DEE N M 2373 2373 1050 44.25 DEE R B 55 55 0 0.00 DEE R M 2839 2839 768 27.05 DEE R P 63330 63330 44314 69.97 Harvest Surveys DeerRetumRates99.doc 5/23/2000 Page 2 of 2 T7^Q 3HG ;F."5a 5ZG - •; :<a •IHG G'u ?,V0 i3G y.s J hJiQ r. ,-i • a.'ic j ■. I This tables shows mail and phone returns by Survey Form, Residency, Conservation Prefix, and Label Type. Resident mail returns are consistently low. LabReq99 - Mail and Phone Deer Returns and Return Rates - By Form, Res, ConsPfx and Label Type HS_ R CO L LABELS SPORTS RESP_Y PCNT_Y CBG N 83 M 5287 5287 2490 47.10 CBG N 84 M 2857 2857 1176 41.16 CDE N 85 M 1454 1454 773 53.16 CDE N 86 M 1353 1353 660 48.78 CDE N 87 M 1257 1257 720 57.28 DEE N 16 M 2323 2323 1037 44.64 DEE N 20 M 50 50 13 26.00 DEE R 09 M 113 113 37 32.74 DEE R 09 P 5354 5354 3888 72.62 DEE R 11 M 174 174 61 35.06 DEE R 11 P 6516 6516 4437 68.09 DEE R 12 M 1142 1142 292 25.57 DEE R 12 P 23908 23908 17066 71.38 DEE R 19 M 836 836 208 24.88 DEE R 19 P 25869 25869 17726 68.52 DEE R 34 M 41 41 11 26.83 DEE R 34 P 1006 1006 734 72.96 DEE R 74 M 531 531 158 29.76 DEE R 74 P 667 667 454 68.07 DEE R 81 M 2 2 1 50.00 DEE R 81 P 10 10 9 90.00 This table shows Phone returns by Survey Form, Residency, Label Type, and Phone Calling Area. See Phone Area Table below. Various factors from differences in regional attitudes toward harvest surveys to differences in interviewer effectiveness might explain the differences between phone areas. LabReq99 - Phone Deer Returns and Return Rates - By Form, Res Label Type and Phone Area tiS_ R L PH LABELS SPORTS RESP_Y PCNT_Y DEE R P 01 3317 3317 2325 70.09 DEE R P 02 414 414 242 58.45 DEE R P 03 604 604 466 77.15 DEE R P 04 6872 6872 4900 71.30 DEE R P 05 4908 4908 3158 64.34 DEE R P 06 4121 4121 2597 63.02 DEE R P 07 9012 9012 6356 70.53 DEE R P 08 4740 4740 3435 72.47 DEE R P 09 7152 7152 5003 69.95 DEE R P 10 866 866 549 63.39 DEE R P 11 250 250 184 73.60 DEE R P 12 336 336 230 68.45 DEE R P 13 1099 1099 838 76.25 DEE R P 14 838 838 718 85.68 DEE R P 15 717 717 520 72.52 DEE R P 16 464 464 316 68.10 DEE R P 17 560 560 403 71.96 DEE R P 18 704 704 487 69.18 DEE R P 19 617 617 470 76.18 DEE R P 20 1167 1167 919 78.75 DEE R P 21 411 411 314 76.40 DEE R P 22 511 511 376 73.58 DEE R P 23 482 482 349 72.41 DEE R P 24 257 257 184 71.60 DEE R P 25 598 598 431 72.07 DEE R P 90 12313 12313 8544 69.39 Harvest Surveys DeerRetumRates99.doc 5/23/2000 Page 3 of 3 LY99 Harvest Survey Calling Areas AREA CALL AREA MIN(TOWN) 1 SILVERBOW ANACONDA 2 ENNIS ENNIS 3 DILLON DILLON 4 BILLINGS BILLINGS 5 BOZEMAN AMSTERDAM 6 HELENA BOULDER 7 MISSOULA CORVALLIS 8 GREAT FALLS CASCADE 9 REG 1 BIG FORK 10 HAVRE HAVRE 11 CHOTEAU CHOTEAU 12 CONRAD CONRAD 13 LEWISTOWN LEWISTOWN 14 MILES CITY MILES CITY 15 SIDNEY FAIRVIEW 16 GLASGOW GLASGOW 17 THOMPSON FALLS THOMPSON FALLS 18 ROUNDUP BROADVIEW 19 GLENDIVE GLENDIVE 20 LIBBY LIBBY 21 TROY TROY 22 BIG TIMBER BIG TIMBER 23 EUREKA EUREKA 24 YELLOWSTONE REG GARDINER 25 FORSYTH COLSTRIP 90 BOZEMAN LONG DISTANCE Harvest Surveys DeerRetumRates99.doc 5/23/2000 Page 4 of 4 < {