Abstract #300687

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JSM 2003 Abstract #300687
Activity Number: 2
Type: Invited
Date/Time: Sunday, August 3, 2003 : 2:00 PM to 3:50 PM
Sponsor: Social Statistics Section
Abstract - #300687
Title: Implications of Sociocultural Factors in the Question Response Process
Author(s): Kristen Miller*+ and Concepcion Trevino Eason
Companies: NCHS and National Center for Health Statistics
Address: 6525 Belcrest Rd., Rm. 915, Hyattsville, MD, 20782,
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This paper will explore sociocultural dimensions of question response by presenting a comparative analysis of cognitive interviews conducted in three locations with differing racial and ethnic groups. The discussion will draw from approximately 75 interviews with participants (many of whom are relatively poor, have little formal education, and have limited access to health care) living in Washington D.C., southern, rural Mississippi, and northwest suburban and rural Ohio. Ohio interviews are planned for early summer 2003 and will be conducted in both English and Spanish in the Latino and migrant farm worker communities. Conducting cognitive interviews with small subsections of the U.S. population serves two functions for survey research: 1) On a practical level, question design can be improved to be more accessible to all potential respondents, thereby improving the accuracy of overall health estimates and providing better capability for cross-sectional comparisons. 2) On a more comprehensive level, understanding the relationship between sociocultural phenomena and the response process is vital for survey research occurring within international and multicultural contexts.

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