Improving Survey Response

Data inventory of health inequalities among adolescents and young adults in the Brussels-Capital Region

“…However, lessons can be learned from methods used to increase response rates and minimise introduced bias. Stoop et al (2010) summarise several strategies. Extended interviewer efforts, through intensive training of interviewers and the use of standardised contact forms, enhance the response rate but do not necessarily decrease bias.…”

“…Declining response rates in survey research are a worrying international trend (Stoop et al, 2010), especially in urban contexts (Pickery et al, 2008). Characteristics of both the target persons (e.g.…”

A Meta-analysis of Within-Household Selection Impact on Survey Outcome Rates, Demographic Representation and Sample Quality in the European Social Survey

“…The target population contains "all persons 15 years or older resident in private households within the borders of the nation, regardless of nationality, citizenship, language or legal status" (Lynn et al, 2007, p. 109). Depending on the available sampling frames, one of three types of sample are utilized in the ESS project, i.e., (1) individual name samples, (2) household samples or (3) address samples (Stoop et al, 2010). Both in the address and household samples the fi nal selection of a target respondent is always performed by a strictly random (Kish grid) or quasirandom (last-/ next-/ closest-birthday) procedure of within-household selection.…”

“…For example, each of the ESS National Coordination teams is supported by a member of the ESS Sampling Expert Panel in the process of choosing a sample design suitable for implementation in each country. The sampling process must be fi nally approved by the whole ESS Sampling Expert Panel before fi eldwork starts in order to ensure that it is comparable with those utilised in other countries (Stoop et al, 2010). This is a very desirable feature in meta-analysis of the ESS data because one can expect that the impact of Kish grid and birthday procedures on survey outcome rates, demographic representation and survey quality is determined by the different character of within-household selection methods.…”

“…Face-to-face surveys of the general population often start with a probability sample of households or addresses (Stoop, Billiet, Koch & Fitzgerald, 2010). This is a consequence of the available sampling frames and has a signifi cant impact on sample quality and its fi eldwork realization (Menold, 2014).…”