Abstract #301007

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JSM 2003 Abstract #301007
Activity Number: 297
Type: Contributed
Date/Time: Tuesday, August 5, 2003 : 2:00 PM to 3:50 PM
Sponsor: Social Statistics Section
Abstract - #301007
Title: Estimating Elder Abuse: The Three-Card Method
Author(s): Nathan J. Anderson*+ and Judith A. Droitcour and Fritz J. Scheuren
Companies: General Accounting Office and General Accounting Office and NORC
Address: 12132 Polo Dr., Fairfax, VA, 22033-4023,
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The three-card method is a relatively new and still experimental indirect technique for measuring sensitive information. Although originally developed to measure illegal immigration in large-scale surveys, this technique can be extended to measure elder abuse. The three-card method is designed to (1) provide permanent anonymity of response for persons in the sensitive answer category, thus protecting respondent privacy and (2) avoid involving respondents in "mind-boggling" tasks (such as operating random devices). The aim is to increase question acceptability and encourage truthful responses. The sensitive answer category is estimated indirectly. While an application for illegal immigration was reported at JSM 2002, the current paper presents a new application to elder abuse in which caregivers serve as respondents, together with initial pretest data. The current paper also updates earlier work on estimating and reducing the variance associated with the indirect, sensitive estimate.

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