Coverage Bias in European Telephone Surveys: Developments of Landline and Mobile Phone Coverage across Countries and over Time
Abstract: With the decrease of landline phones in the last decade, telephone survey methodologists face a new challenge to overcome coverage bias. In this study we investigate coverage error for telephone surveys in Europe over time and compare two situations: classical surveys that rely on landline only with surveys that also include mobile phones. We analyzed Eurobarometer data, which are collected by means of face-to-face interviews and contain information on ownership of landline and mobile phones. We show that for the period 2000-2009, time has a significant effect on both mobile phone penetration and coverage bias. In addition, the countries’ development significantly affects the pace of these changes
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Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
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Online-Ressource
- Language
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Englisch
- Notes
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Veröffentlichungsversion
begutachtet (peer reviewed)
In: Survey Methods: Insights from the Field (2013) ; 13
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Veröffentlichung
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Mannheim
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2013
- Creator
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Mohorko, Anja
Leeuw, Edith de
Hox, Joop
- DOI
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10.13094/SMIF-2013-00002
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urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-333873
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Open Access; Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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- Mohorko, Anja
- Leeuw, Edith de
- Hox, Joop
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- 2013
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