7A – More Than Money: The Use of Non-Monetary Incentives

More Than Money: The Use of Non-Monetary Incentives
Panel Discussion
7A - Field

Time/Date
10:45am-12:00pm on Tuesday, 4/21/2026

Location
Bristol/Kent

Facilitator
Steve Coombs, University of Wisconsin Survey Center

This session will start with a presentation focused on using monetary vs. food incentives for medical office administrators in health departments and clinics in South Carolina and Alabama. Then the audience will hear a presentation about the use of non-monetary incentives for the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study. The session will then transition into a panel where members from University of Wisconsin, University of Michigan, East Tennessee State University and NORC will discuss more generally their experiences using non-monetary incentives in survey research. Session attendees will have an opportunity for questions and discussion.

Presentations:
Utilizing Food-Based Incentives: Logistics, Challenges, and Lessons

  • Morgan Kidd, East Tennessee State University (presenter)
  • Jordan de Jong, East Tennessee State University
  • Kelly N. Foster, East Tennessee State University
  • Kate Beatty, East Tennessee State University
    • Using Non-Monetary Incentives in the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study
  • Paige Bartelt, University of Wisconsin Survey Center (presenter)
  • Steve Coombs, University of Wisconsin Survey Center (presenter)
  • Kerryann DiLoreto, University of Wisconsin Survey Center


      • Panelists
      • Morgan Kidd, East Tennessee State University
      • Paige Bartelt, University of Wisconsin Survey Center
      • Steve Coombs, University of Wisconsin Survey Center
      • Nicole Kirgis, UM-Survey Research Center (UM-SRC)
      • Jennifer Draude, NORC at the University of Chicago