Short survey which I need immigrants to fill out - prize to be won

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Hi,

I'm a college student currently doing my dissertation and I need immigrants in the US to complete my survey. The only requirement is that you a) are not from the US originally and b) have a job. You don't have to be a US citizen.

The survey takes about 5 minutes and you can enter a prize draw to win $100 if you want. It doesn't ask for any sensitive or personal information, it is just about your opinions of something called paycards versus paychecks as a way to get paid. I want to post the link here but I don't want to be considered a spammer. Would I be allowed to do this? Would anyone fill it out? Thank you.

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OK well the survey is here: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/P9HYG5H (don't be put off by the term "migrant worker", it means immigrants in this case). It'd really mean a lot to me if you could spare 5 minutes to do this. I need responses by Sunday January 15. Thank you so much.

[Saylin 1,605]

Done

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Thank you so much, what a star!

[Brother Hesekiel 2,236]

I think migrant workers is appropriate given the nature of this survey. How do you get paid? I get paid by paycheck. How much do you usually pay in fees to cash your paycheck?

Excuse me?

My advice: print it in Spanish and hit the fields with it, handing it out to those who pick cotton and strawberries, meaning illegal immigrants without access to a bank account.

I think you have a twisted conception of immigrants. Immigrants run multi-million dollar businesses and are CEOs of multi-national companies. The former Governor of California is an immigrant and so am I. We don't cash our paychecks.

I find your survey not only deceptive, but also insulting. Looks like you want to give a new commercial product presumed credibility by attaching the name of a university to it. A good example for poisoning the well this is, nothing else.

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My research has been guided by a literature review into the topic of immigration and the lack of existing empirical research into paycards and non-Hispanic immigrant groups. I realize that low-wage immigrants have the most to gain from using paycards, but the entire point of the research is to determine if other, highly-skilled, high-wage immigrant groups see any use in paycards (for example budgeting or shopping online) or not, and to analyze results by nationality. This is research that has not been done before and is merely an exploratory study, meaning it is seeking to explore whether or not there is any relationship between immigrants and paycards that is worth investigating further. The findings may corroborate your view that there is only one, stereotypical group of immigrants who would use paycards, or the findings may suggest that other immigrant groups see value in them, too and therefore should not be ignored just because they are not "low-wage" enough. If you wish to contact me about the results of the research, my information is on the survey cover sheet.