Validating the use of vignettes for subjective threshold scales

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Comparing self-assessed indicators of subjective outcomes such as health, work disability, political efficacy, job satisfaction, etc. across countries or socio-economic groups is often hampered by the fact that different groups use systematically different response scales. Anchoring vignettes have been introduced as an effective tool to correct for such differences. This paper develops an integrated framework in which objective measurements are used to validate the vignette-based corrections. The framework is applied to vignettes and objective and subjective self-assessments of drinking behavior by students in Ireland. Model comparisons using the Akaike information criterion favor a specification with response consistency and vignette corrected response scales. Put differently, vignette based corrections appear quite effective in bringing objective and subjective measures closer together.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 2860

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft
• Subject: Befragung ; Vergleich ; Gesundheit ; Alkoholkonsum ; Irland

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): van Soest, Arthur ; Delaney, Liam ; Harmon, Colm ; Kapteyn, Arie ; Smith, James P.
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
• (where): Bonn
• (when): 2007

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/34697
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:44 AM CET