Marking a respondent as "do not contact"

To exclude someone from all future contact, sometimes called "global refusal".
  1. Go to Add/Edit Records
  2. Choose the arm you want, Core or Refresher
  3. Enter the resp_id
  4. Go the Sensitive Fields instrument and click the change bubble next to "Do not contact":
    sensitive fields display
    (Admin core members can directly change the value to "Yes" and save, if already validated via email)
  5. Change to "Open query", put a comment in the box explaining why the respondent requested this, and then click "Open query" at the bottom
    data resolution workflow
  6. A core admin will see this and update the record, resolving when complete.


Keywords:
logistics 
Doc ID:
155812
Owned by:
Dan F. in MIDUS Admin DB
Created:
2025-10-17
Updated:
2026-02-12
Sites:
MIDUS Admin DB