term after (r9)

Use term after to choose a point in the survey where respondents should be terminated, rather than terminate immediately. This allows the survey to collect additional data before terminating respondents.

GENDER. With which of the following do you identify?
type: radio
1. Male
2. Female
3. Non-binary / other
99. Prefer not to answer {term after: QAGE}

AGE. How old are you? 
type: number 
range: 0-99 
term after: QZIP {if $QAGE < 18} {text: Under 18} 

ZIP. What is your ZIP code? 
type: uszip5

Respondents who select "Prefer not to answer" at QGENDER will terminate after answering QAGE. Those who are too young will be terminated after answering QZIP.

Details

• term after can be applied as a tag or decorator (as shown in QAGE above).
• Unlike defer term, which sets a term point for all terminations in the survey, term after sets the term point for a specific termination only.
• term after terminates respondents after the target (e.g., QZIP and QAGE above) is answered. Be sure to set term after targets that will be seen by all respondents.
• term after requires an element ID (a question ID, group name, page label, etc.). If a group name is provided, the respondent will terminate after completing the assigned group.
• term after can be written as a tag on a question or table, similar to term if. After the colon, provide a question ID, group ID, or page label. Then, provide the term condition in a decorator. 
• term after can be included with the set term widget.

Decorators

The following decorators can be applied with term after.

Additional examples

With 'termif'

term after can be used in concert with termif on a question to specify a delayed termination, while also allowing for immediate termination for selection of another option.

3D. Under 25 terminates immediately, 45 or older terminates after QZIP
type: radio
termif: anyChecked($Q3D,1) {id: Q3AGE1} {text: Under 25}
term after: QZIP {if anyChecked($Q3D,3)} {id: Q3AGE2} {text: 45 or older}
1. Under 25
2. 25 - 44
3. 45 or older

With 'set term'

term after can be written as a tag on a set term widget. The condition and text tags are already required for set term, so you only need to specify the termination point.

setterm: GEN_AGE
condition: anyChecked($QGEN,99) and $QAGE<=18
text: Prefer not to answer gender and 18 or under
term after: QZIP

setterm: GEN_AGE2
term after: QZIP {if anyChecked($QGEN,99) and $QAGE<=18}
text: Prefer not to answer gender and 18 or under