Your participation is important as a representation of the cost of living in the broader community. The data compiled will be used by policymakers and decisionmakers for possible adjustments in:

• Cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) rates
• Income eligibility levels for food stamps and other government assistance programs
• Wages and benefits as well as wage policies
• Social program services
• Government funding to support education, affordable housing and health services, transportation services, job training, and more
• Tax rates to account for inflation

The survey team will be working with the village mayors to get in touch with the randomly pre-selected households. If your household has been randomly pre-selected, an enumerator will call you to arrange your survey either on the phone or in person.

To assist the efficiency of the surveying effort, residents are encouraged to call (671) 735-2062/72 or click the link below to see if their household has been randomly pre-selected and to arrange a survey time. 

To ensure the survey results are representative of Guam's entire population, households have been randomly pre-selected and will be contacted to ask if they would like to participate. 

If you would like to opt in as an alternate for the survey in the event selected households cannot be reached, please call (671) 735-2062/72.

If you are contacted as one of the 1,000 randomly pre-selected households, your participation is voluntary although very highly encouraged to ensure that the cost of living in Guam is accurately represented throughout Guam's population.

Yes! All residents who complete the tablet survey in addition to the two-week expenditures and food consumption tracking in entirety can receive gas and/or grocery certificates totaling $55. 

• Completing a survey of approximately one hour on a tablet either at your household or at your village mayor's office
• Recording your household expenditures for two weeks
• Free gas and groceries! Each household that completes the survey in entirety will receive up to $55 in gas and/or grocery certificates as incentive.

Guam law requires confidentiality. Survey results are compiled and do not identify individuals or households.

All survey workers will be wearing yellow safety vests with a UOG logo and carrying an official HIES picture ID. They will also have HIES signage visible on their vehicles.