Question 1

Who is hosting this survey?

Accepted Answer

United Against Slavery (UAS) is hosting the National Outreach Survey (NOS) for Transportation, as the first-ever recipient of the USDOT Combating Human Trafficking in Transportation Impact Award. This is a UAS survey and not a USDOT survey. Information about the USDOT award can be found here.

Question 2

When will the NOS for Transportation launch?

Accepted Answer

The NOST is now confirmed to launch July 5, 2021. Custom survey links will be sent to each Oversight Agency during the 1-2 weeks prior to the launch. We ask that the links not be distributed until July 5.
 
The second launch will begin mid-September and will conclude late November.

Question 3

How long is the survey open for participation?

Accepted Answer

The survey is open to participate for 60 days after it has been launched. The first launch starts in early July and will conclude in early September. 
 
The second launch will begin in mid-September and will conclude in late November. This launch will include human trafficking survivors, service providers, additional transportation companies, federal partner(s), and our global contributors.

Question 4

Is this survey limited to participation in the United States?

Accepted Answer

No, this survey is open to transportation entities that have employees/members in the U.S. and in other countries. In addition, survivors in other countries may participate if they were trafficked into the United States or across borders from the U.S. into other countries.

Question 5

What native language(s) is used in the survey?

Accepted Answer

English is the primary language selected for this survey; however, up to 55+ language translations are available to accommodate survey respondents with a different native language.

Question 6

Is this an online survey?

Accepted Answer

Yes, this survey is an online survey. We understand this may present limitations for including respondents that do not have internet access. If there is a need to provide a paper questionnaire, please contact the Research Team at research@unitedagainstslavery.org.

Question 7

Does the survey have to be completed in one setting?

Accepted Answer

No, there is a save and continue feature that allows you to complete the survey at different times and on different devices. An email with a survey link will be sent to the respondent immediately upon starting the survey. Please make sure to check the spam folder for this link. A respondent may use this link to regain access to their incomplete survey until the survey closes.

Question 8

Will my personal information remain private?

Accepted Answer

Yes, the survey protects your identity and only asks limited personal identifiers. The data will be anonymized prior to being exported for analysis. The National Outreach Survey will never ask for a date of birth nor a social security number.

Question 9

Who can take the survey?

Accepted Answer

The NOS for Transportation includes custom survey questions for three different gruops: 1) modes of transportation and subsets in those groups, 2) sex and/or labor trafficking survivors, and 3) direct victim service providers.
 
Stakeholder groups outside of the transportation industry can participate in the large-scale National Outreach Survey that will be launched at a later date.

Question 10

Will everyone be asked the same survey questions?

Accepted Answer

Each transportation group and each subset group have custom survey questions; however, there are baseline questions that are asked to everyone. In addition, survivors have custom survey questions regarding how transportation was used during their exploitation (if applicable) and how transportation is/was used during their healing journeys.

Question 11

How long will it take to complete the NOS for Transportation survey?

Accepted Answer

The NOS for Transportation is a comprehensive frontline survey and should take an average of 35 minutes to complete both Parts. There are two Parts to the study. Part 1 is the custom survey questions for each group. Part 2 is optional and includes general public opinion questions that are available to every stakeholder group to complete. This data will confirm what the survey respondent knows and doesn't know about sex and labor trafficking. Part 2 data can help inform new legislative policies and future human trafficking training and awareness sessions. Survey respondents can decline the option to complete Part 2. Although the average time to complete Part 1 and Part 2 is 35 minutes, some respondents may take less or more time, depending upon the length of time taken to complete each question. Something to consider: For the time it takes to watch a favorite TV show, each survey respondent has the opportunity to impact positive change in the fight against sex and labor trafficking.

Question 12

Will the NOS for Transportation data be made available to the public?

Accepted Answer

Yes, the anonymized data will be analyzed and will be presented in a final report and will also be presented in an open-source database.

Question 13

Is this the only transportation study that UAS will host?

Accepted Answer

No, the large-scale National Outreach Survey includes custom survey questions for more than 23 anti-trafficking stakeholder groups, including transportation. The intention of UAS is to repeat the NOS every 2-3 years to help measure benchmarks of progress in each stakeholder group.

Question 14

Is the National Outreach Survey for Transportation survivor-informed?

Accepted Answer

Yes, we have a Survivor Leader Advisory Council that is providing support throughout the project, contributing topics and survey questions to be included on the survey instrument, reviewing the survivor survey questions, and contributing recommendations to the transportation industry and policy makers in our final report.

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