Nonresponse in Household Interview Surveys

by Robert M. Groves, Mick P. Couper

Overview

The failure to sample people is a major threat to the statistical inference of surveys. Survey designers spend much effort creating surveys that will reduce the non-response rate. This book is the result of an eight year research program that collected unprecedented data sets on respondents and nonrespondents by matching these groups to the 1990 US census records.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781118490099
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	08/29/2012
Series:	Wiley Series in Survey Methodology
Sold by:	JOHN WILEY & SONS
Format:	eBook
Pages:	344
File size:	6 MB

About the Author

ROBERT M. GROVES, PhD, is Professor and Senior Research Scientistat the University of Michigan. He is the author of Survey Errorsand Survey Costs and Chief Editor of Telephone Survey Methodology,both available from Wiley.

MICK P. COUPER, PhD, is Assistant Research Scientist in the SurveyResearch Center at the University of Michigan.

Table of Contents

An Introduction to Survey Participation.

A Conceptual Framework for Survey Participation.

Data Resources for Testing Theories of Survey Participation.

Influences on the Likelihood of Contact.

Influences of Household Characteristics on SurveyCooperation.

Social Environmental Influences on Survey Participation.

Influences of the Interviewers.

When Interviewers Meet Householders: The Nature of InitialInteractions.

Influences of Householder-Interviewer Interactions on SurveyCooperation.

How Survey Design Features Affect Participation.

Practical Survey Design Acknowledging Nonresponse.

References.

Index.

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From the Publisher

AAPOR (American Association for Public Opinion Research) 2008 Book of the Year 

Editorial Reviews

Addresses issues critical to dealing with nonresponse in surveys, reducing nonresponse during survey data collection, and constructing statistical compensations for the effects of nonresponse on key survey estimates. Factors examined include the likelihood of contact, household characteristics, social environment, the interviewer, and householder-interviewer interactions. How survey design affects participation, and practical survey design acknowledging nonresponse are also discussed. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Booknews

"...an important resource for professional sand students-as well asthose who use survey methods or data in business, government, andacademia." (Zentralblatt MATH, Vol. 961, 2001/11)

2008 AAPOR (American Association for Public OpinionResearch) Book of the YearAAPOR (American Association for Public Opinion Research) 2008 Book of the Year

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