Exploring the Effects of Interviewer- and Self-Administered Survey Modes on Record Linkage Consent Rates and Bias

Journal article | Zeitschriftenartikel

"In an effort to reduce data collection costs survey organizations are considering more cost-effective means of data collection. Such means include greater use of self-administered interview modes and acquiring substantive information from external administrative records conditional on respondent consent. Yet little is known regarding the implications of requesting linkage consent in self-administered (as compared to interviewer-administered) surveys with respect to consent rates and consent bias. To address this knowledge gap we report the results of a linkage consent study in which sampled employees were randomly assigned to an interviewer-administered (face-to-face) or self-administered (mail or Web) interview in which consent to link federal employment records was requested. We observed a strikingly lower consent rate in the self-administered (53.9 percent) versus the interviewer-administered (93.9 percent) survey mode. However, the impact of mode on consent bias was much less severe as survey-measured correlates of linkage consent did not interact with interview mode. Moreover, while self-administration yielded larger consent biases in the linked administrative variables, on average, compared to interviewer-administration, the average relative magnitude of these biases tended to be small (less than 6 percentage points). We conclude by discussing these findings in the context of survey practice and speculating on their possible causes." (author's abstract)

Angaben zum Objekt

• ISSN: 1864-3361
• Umfang: Seite(n): 171-188
• Sprache: Englisch
• Anmerkungen: Status: Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Survey Research Methods, 11(2)

Klassifikation und Themen

• Thema: Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie ; Erhebungstechniken und Analysetechniken der Sozialwissenschaften ; Umfrageforschung ; Datengewinnung ; Datenqualität ; Datenschutz ; Antwortverhalten

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Sakshaug, Joseph W. ; Hülle, Sebastian ; Schmucker, Alexandra ; Liebig, Stefan
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wo): Deutschland
• (wann): 2017

Weitere Informationen

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.18148/srm/2017.v11i2.7158
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 21.06.2024, 16:26 MESZ