Changes in Telephone Survey Nonresponse over the Past Quarter Century

Curtin, Richard T.; Presser, Stanley; Singer, Eleanor

doi:10.1093/poq/nfi002

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“…These findings suggest that trends observed regarding previous time periods (Curtin, Presser, and Singer 2005;de Heer 1999;Steeh et al 2001;Tortora 2004) have continued in recent years.…”

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The Causes and Consequences of Response Rates in Surveys by the News Media and Government Contractor Survey Research Firms

Holbrook

Krosnick

Pfent

2007

Advances in Telephone Survey Methodology

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“…These findings suggest that trends observed regarding previous time periods (Curtin, Presser, and Singer 2005;de Heer 1999;Steeh et al 2001;Tortora 2004) have continued in recent years.…”

Section: Summary Of Findings and Implicationsmentioning

confidence: 60%

The Causes and Consequences of Response Rates in Surveys by the News Media and Government Contractor Survey Research Firms

Holbrook

Krosnick

Pfent

2007

Advances in Telephone Survey Methodology

283

219

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“…The overall cooperation rate 28 was 52.1 %, which is consistent with other telephone surveys. 29 The Alcohol Research Group has conducted two types of methodological studies which collectively suggest that biases in alcohol outcomes resulting from non-response and social desirability are likely to be minimal. The first, which used data from the 1995 and 2000 NAS, compared alcohol consumption between sample replicates (each a random subsample, "opened" during the study, and with a specific response rate) and found no significant association between replicate response rate and volume of alcohol consumption (unpublished).…”

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Housing Instability and Alcohol Problems during the 2007–2009 US Recession: the Moderating Role of Perceived Family Support

2013

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The 2007-2009 US economic recession was marked by unprecedented rates of housing instability and relatively little is known about how this instability impacted alcohol problems. While previous studies have linked homelessness to increased rates of alcohol use and abuse, housing instability during a recession impacts a much larger segment of the population and usually does not result in homelessness. Using a nationally representative sample of US adults, this study examines the association between housing instability during the recession and alcohol outcomes. Additionally, we assess whether this association is moderated by perceived family support. In multivariate negative binomial regressions, both trouble paying the rent/mortgage (vs. stable housing) and lost (vs. stable) housing were associated with experiencing more negative drinking consequences and alcohol dependence symptoms. However, these associations were moderated by perceived family support. In contrast to those with low perceived family support, participants with high perceived family support reported relatively few alcohol problems, irrespective of housing instability. Furthermore, while job loss was strongly associated with alcohol problems in univariate models, no significant associations between job loss and alcohol outcomes were observed in multivariate models that included indicators of housing instability. Findings point to the importance of the informal safety net and suggest that alcohol screening and abuse prevention efforts should be intensified during periods of recession, particularly among those who experience housing instability.

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“…The public is increasingly choosing not to respond to surveys (Curtin et al, 2005;de Leeuw and de Heer, 2002). In the face of this challenge, some survey organizations are trying to increase response rates by providing sample members with the mode they prefer.…”

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Identifying predictors of survey mode preference

Smyth

Olson

Millar

2014

Social Science Research

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To increase the likelihood of response, many survey organizations attempt to provide sample members with a mode they are thought to prefer. Mode assignment is typically based on conventional wisdom or results from mode choice studies that presented only limited options. In this paper we draw heavily on research and theory from the mode effects and the survey participation literatures to develop a framework for understanding what characteristics should predict mode preferences. We then test these characteristics using data from two different surveys. We find that measures of familiarity with and access to a mode are the strongest predictors of mode preference and measures of safety concerns, physical abilities, and normative concerns are unexpectedly weak predictors. Our findings suggest that variables that may exist on sample frames can be used to inform the assignment of "preferred" modes to sample members.

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Changes in Telephone Survey Nonresponse over the Past Quarter Century

Abstract: The lengthy history and extended periods of relative design stability of the University of Michigan's Survey of Consumer Attitudes (SCA) make it an important resource for documenting response rate changes over the better part of survey research's history.

Cited by 818 publications

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The Causes and Consequences of Response Rates in Surveys by the News Media and Government Contractor Survey Research Firms

The Causes and Consequences of Response Rates in Surveys by the News Media and Government Contractor Survey Research Firms

Housing Instability and Alcohol Problems during the 2007–2009 US Recession: the Moderating Role of Perceived Family Support

Identifying predictors of survey mode preference

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