Military Families Study: In 2004, several of our research partners were interested in understanding how spouses of persons serving overseas were coping with repeated deployments due to action in Afghanistan and Iraq. SSRS developed a highly representative two-stage design focused on RDD sampling in the vicinity of the ten major U.S. Army bases. Initially, each 100-block of telephone numbers within a ten mile radius of each base was given a limited number of dials to identify blocks of numbers with, at least, a moderate incidence of military households. Those with sufficient incidence were then fully dialed for the main study. Ultimately, we attained a highly representative sample of U.S. Army military families nationwide using this approach. Conducted for The Washington Post, Harvard University and the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation , January 7, 2004 to February 12, 2004. For reports and data see http://www.kff.org/kaiserpolls/upload/Military-Families-Survey-Toplines.pdf

African-American Men: In 2006, The Washington Post, Harvard University and the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation wanted to develop a study focused on the lives and experiences of African-American men. To this end, SSRS utilized a stratified design to reach African-American men in the Washington D.C. metropolitan area. The results of the study won the Gallup Award for Excellence in Journalism. For reports and data see http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/nation/interactives/blackmen/POLL.pdf

Uninsured Children:To better understand the needs of families with uninsured children, SSRS used prescreened sample from our nationally representative in-house omnibus, stratified to oversample states with a high rate of uninsured children and sub-stratified to oversample low income and Hispanic households. With this complex sampling strategy, we successfully attained a representative sample of families with uninsured children. Conducted for the Kaiser Family Foundation, October 18 to December 23, 2007.