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Activity Number:
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134
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Type:
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Topic Contributed
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Date/Time:
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Monday, August 7, 2006 : 10:30 AM to 12:20 PM
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Sponsor:
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Section on Survey Research Methods
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| Abstract - #306202 |
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Title:
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Differences in Survey Nonresponse Components over Time in Various Domains
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Author(s):
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Brad Edwards*+ and David Cantor and Lisa Moses
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Companies:
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Westat and Westat and Westat
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Address:
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1650 Research Blvd., Rockville, MD, 20850,
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Keywords:
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survey participation ; minorities ; refusal rates ; unlocatable rates
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Abstract:
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This paper examines response rate trends by race/ethnicity on several Westat studies conducted since the early 1990s. Analysis is restricted to in-person studies that provide some means of determining response rates by minorities independent of coverage issues (i.e., where minority status is known even for the noncontacts). In many cases, minority participation rates are higher than the national mean, but there is considerable variation in nonresponse components among minorities (refusal rates are higher for some; unlocatable rates are higher for others), and we examine these differences and determine whether the general decline observed in study participation over the past decade is mirrored by overall declines in minority group participation.
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