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Altering the Survey-taking Climate: the Case of the 2010 U.S. Census

Response rates to household surveys have been declining in the past several decades and survey researchers and practitioners have been working on ways to change the survey-taking climate to combat the declining response rates. As part of the 2010 Decennial Census, the U.S. Census Bureau waged the 2010 Integrated Communications Campaign (2010 ICC), a multi-faceted effort to improve public awareness of, attitudes towards, and knowledge about the Census in order to increase Census participation. This type of communications program is a unique case of an attempt to alter the external survey-taking climate and thus potentially affect survey participation. This paper empirically examines the extent to which exposure to the 2010 ICC affected knowledge and attitudes about the Census in the months leading up to Census Day. We then explore the relationship between different levels of attitudes and knowledge and subsequent Census participation. Our results suggest that the external survey-climate was altered to foster positive receptivity to the survey request, and that favorable receptivity, in turn, leads to a higher likelihood of participating in the survey request (the 2010 Decennial Census in this case). Implications for survey researchers and organizations are also discussed.

ISSN
2296-4754
Umfang
Seite(n): 8
Sprache
Englisch
Anmerkungen
Status: Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)

Erschienen in
Survey Methods: Insights from the Field

Thema
Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie
Erhebungstechniken und Analysetechniken der Sozialwissenschaften
USA
Antwortverhalten
Mikrozensus
Befragung
Umfrageforschung
Privathaushalt

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Yan, Ting
Datta, Rupa A.
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wo)
Deutschland
(wann)
2015

URN
urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-462468
Rechteinformation
GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften. Bibliothek Köln
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21.06.2024, 16:26 MESZ

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  • Zeitschriftenartikel

Beteiligte

  • Yan, Ting
  • Datta, Rupa A.

Entstanden

  • 2015

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