A Statement is a piece of text that does not constitute a questionStatements can be used for questions and sequences. Statements are control constructs like sequences, conditions and question components. Constructs are concerned with positioning items within a questionnaire.
The following are examples of statements in questionnaires from different studies:
Statements are labelled with a prefix of ‘s_intro_…’ and is always collapsed unless numbered to denote levels. If there is a statement connected to a section then it always needs to be numbered even if there is only one. For example …
Sometimes statements are not as clearly identifiable and need to be cut out from a group of text. Show example of NSHD.
Statements need to refer back to a question or a sequence to provide them with unique labels. This helps to understand their position within the questionnaire.
Statements are different from instructions. There are places where an instruction becomes a statement because there is more than one instruction and only one can be input.