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Activity Number: 207
Type: Contributed
Date/Time: Monday, July 30, 2007 : 2:00 PM to 3:50 PM
Sponsor: Section on Survey Research Methods
Abstract - #309950
Title: Face-to-Face Interviews with Children
Author(s): Marek Fuchs*+
Companies: University of Kassel
Address: Social Science Department, Kassel, 34109, Germany
Keywords: Children ; face-to-face interview ; cognitive resources ; interviewer style ; response error ; behavior coding
Abstract:

Increasingly, children are becoming respondents in survey interviews. While juveniles are considered to be reliable respondents for many topics and survey settings it is unclear to what extend younger respondents provide reliable information. In this paper we will report results from a study using video captures of 150 face-to-face interviews with children aged 9 through 11. The interviews have been coded using behavior codes on a question by question level which provides behavior-related indicators regarding the question answer process. In addition, standard tests of cognitive resources have been conducted. Also, parents were asked a set of questions identical to the children's questionnaire. Using the responses from the parents as gold standard, we are able to assess the impact of the children's cognitive resources on respondent behaviors and ultimately on response accuracy.

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