Data Collection on Sensitive Topics with Adolescents Using Interactive Voice Response Technology

Abstract: We describe the development and implementation of a survey administered using interactivevoice response (IVR) technology to collect information on sensitive topics in a USnational sample of adolescents age 12-17. Respondents were participants in the Panel Study of Income Dynamics 2014 Child Development Supplement (N=1,098). We review questionnaire design, fieldwork protocols, data quality and completeness, and respondent burden. We find that in the context of research on sensitive topics with adolescents, IVR is a cost-efficient and flexible method of data collection that yields high survey response rates and low item nonresponse rates with distributions on key variables that are comparable to other national studies

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Data Collection on Sensitive Topics with Adolescents Using Interactive Voice Response Technology ; volume:13 ; number:1 ; year:2019 ; pages:91-110 ; Veröffentlichungsversion ; begutachtet (peer reviewed) ; Methods, data, analyses ; 13, Heft 1 (2019), 91-110

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie, Anthropologie

Contributors, Places and Time

• Creator: Fomby, Paula ; Sastry, Narayan

Further information

• DOI: 10.12758/mda.2018.05
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2019052612560840735207
• Rights: Open Access; Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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