Preface |
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Acknowledgments |
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1. An Introduction to Survey Participation |
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1.2 Statistical Impacts of Nonresponse on Survey Estimates |
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1.3 How Householders Think about Survey Requests |
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15 | (3) |
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1.4 How Interviewers Think about Survey Participation |
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18 | (2) |
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1.5 How Survey Design Features Affect Nonresponse |
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20 | (2) |
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1.6 The Focus of this Book |
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22 | (1) |
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1.7 Limitations of this Book |
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22 | (1) |
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23 | (2) |
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2. A Conceptual Framework for Survey Participation |
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25 | (22) |
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25 | (1) |
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2.2 Practical Features of Survey Nonresponse Needing Theoretical Explanation |
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25 | (4) |
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2.3 A Conceptual Structure for Survey Participation |
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29 | (13) |
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2.4 Implications for Research |
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42 | (3) |
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2.5 Practical Implications for Survey Implementation |
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45 | (1) |
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46 | (1) |
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3. Data Resources for Testing Theories of Survey Participation |
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47 | (32) |
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47 | (2) |
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3.2 Approaches to Studying Nonresponse |
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49 | (2) |
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3.3 Qualitative Data from Interviewer Group Discussions |
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51 | (1) |
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3.4 Decennial Census Match of Survey Records to Census Records |
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51 | (13) |
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3.5 Documentation of Interaction Between Interviewers and Householders |
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64 | (8) |
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3.6 Surveys of Interviewers |
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72 | (2) |
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3.7 Measures of Social and Economic Ecology of Sample Households |
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74 | (2) |
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3.8 Limitations of the Tests of the Theoretical Perspective |
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76 | (1) |
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77 | (2) |
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4. Influences on the Likelihood of Contact |
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79 | (40) |
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79 | (6) |
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4.2 Social Environmental Indicators of At-Home Patterns |
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85 | (3) |
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4.3 Household-Level Correlates of Contactability |
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88 | (6) |
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4.4 Interviewer-Level Correlates of Contactability |
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94 | (1) |
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4.5 Call-Level Influences on Contacting Sample Households |
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95 | (7) |
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4.6 Joint Effects of Multiple Levels on Contactability |
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102 | (12) |
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114 | (1) |
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4.8 Practical Implications for Survey Implementation |
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115 | (4) |
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5. Influences of Household Characteristics on Survey Cooperation |
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119 | (36) |
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119 | (2) |
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5.2 Opportunity Cost Hypotheses |
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121 | (4) |
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125 | (6) |
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5.4 Social Isolation Hypotheses |
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131 | (10) |
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5.5 The Concept of Authority and Survey Cooperation |
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141 | (2) |
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5.6 Joint Effects of Indicators of Social Isolation and Authority |
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143 | (2) |
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5.7 Other Household-Level Influences on Cooperation |
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145 | (1) |
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5.8 Multivariate Models of Cooperation involving Household-Level Predictors |
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146 | (4) |
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150 | (3) |
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5.10 Practical Implications for Survey Implementation |
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153 | (2) |
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6. Social Environmental Influences on Survey Participation |
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155 | (36) |
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155 | (1) |
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6.2 Trends in Response Rates over Time |
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156 | (16) |
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6.3 Cross-National Differences in Response Rates on Similar Surveys |
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172 | (1) |
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6.4 "Natural Experiments" at the Societal Level |
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173 | (2) |
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6.5 Subnational Variation in Survey Cooperation |
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175 | (4) |
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6.6 Analysis of Environmental Influences on Cooperation |
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179 | (1) |
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6.7 Bivariate Relationships of Survey Cooperation and Environmental Factors |
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180 | (2) |
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6.8 Marginal Effects of Individual Environmental Factors |
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182 | (3) |
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185 | (2) |
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6.10 Practical Implications for Survey Implementation |
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187 | (4) |
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7. Influences of the Interviewers |
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191 | (28) |
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191 | (1) |
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7.2 Interviewer Effects on Cooperation |
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192 | (3) |
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7.3 The Role and Task of Interviewers |
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195 | (1) |
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7.4 Socio-Demographic Characteristics of Interviewers |
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196 | (2) |
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7.5 Interviewer Personality |
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198 | (2) |
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7.6 Interviewer Experience |
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200 | (5) |
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7.7 Interviewer Attitudes and Expectations Regarding Nonresponse |
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205 | (4) |
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7.8 Interviewer Behaviors |
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209 | (2) |
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7.9 Multivariate Models of Interviewer-Level Effects |
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211 | (4) |
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215 | (1) |
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7.11 Practical Implications for Survey Implementation |
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215 | (4) |
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8. When Interviewers Meet Householders: The Nature of Initial Interactions |
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219 | (28) |
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219 | (1) |
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8.2 The Initial Interaction from the Householder's Perspective |
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219 | (6) |
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8.3 Cues for Judging the Intent of the Interviewer |
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225 | (2) |
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8.4 Interaction from the Interviewer's Perspective |
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227 | (3) |
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8.5 Empirical Measurement of the Interactions between Interviewers and Householders |
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230 | (1) |
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8.6 Nature of the Householder-Interviewer Interaction |
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231 | (13) |
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244 | (3) |
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9. Influences of Householder-Interviewer Interactions on Survey Cooperation |
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247 | (22) |
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247 | (1) |
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248 | (1) |
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9.3 Maintaining Interaction |
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249 | (1) |
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9.4 Useful Concepts Related to Tailoring |
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250 | (2) |
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9.5 Past Research on Interviewer-Householder Interaction Affecting Cooperation |
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252 | (1) |
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9.6 Predicting the Outcome of Contacts Using Characteristics of the Interaction |
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253 | (8) |
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9.7 Effects of Interviewer-Householder Interaction on the Final Disposition of Sample Households |
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261 | (3) |
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264 | (1) |
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9.9 Practical Implications for Survey Implementation |
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265 | (4) |
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10. How Survey Design Features Affect Participation |
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269 | (26) |
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269 | (1) |
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10.2 The Balance of Cost, Timeliness, Measurement, and Survey Errors |
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270 | (1) |
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10.3 Survey Design Features Affecting Likelihood of Contact of Sample Households |
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271 | (3) |
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10.4 Survey Design Features Affecting Cooperation |
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274 | (18) |
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292 | (3) |
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11. Practical Survey Design Acknowledging Nonresponse |
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295 | (28) |
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295 | (2) |
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11.2 Selection of Sampling Frames |
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297 | (2) |
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11.3 Choice of Mode of Data Collection |
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299 | (3) |
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11.4 Design of Measurement Instruments |
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302 | (4) |
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11.5 Selection and Training of Interviewers |
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306 | (1) |
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11.6 Call Attempts on Sample Units |
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307 | (1) |
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11.7 The First-Contact Protocol |
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308 | (1) |
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11.8 Efforts at Nonresponse Reduction after the First Contact |
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309 | (1) |
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11.9 Postsurvey Adjustments for Unit Nonresponse |
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310 | (9) |
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319 | (4) |
References |
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Index |
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