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Activity Number:
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414
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Type:
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Topic Contributed
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Date/Time:
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Wednesday, August 1, 2007 : 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 - #309140 |
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Title:
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Using Proxy Measures of Survey Outcomes in Post-Survey Adjustments: Examples from the Consumer Expenditure Survey (CES) and the Los Angeles Neighborhood Observations Study (LA FANS)
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Author(s):
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Frauke Kreuter*+ and Carolina Casas-Cordero
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Companies:
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University of Maryland and University of Maryland
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Address:
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1218 Lefrak Hall, College Park, MD, 20742,
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Keywords:
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weighting adjustments ; nonresponse adjustments ; response propensity ; consumer expenditure survey
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Abstract:
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With the goal of removing bias due to nonresponse, survey researchers often create post-survey nonresponse adjustment weights. To be effective, variables used need to be highly correlated with the response propensity and the survey variable of interest. Correlates of key survey variables can often be collected at almost no additional cost for researchers. One example are interviewer observations during the field period. The Bureau of Labor Statistics already includes interviewer observation of housing tenure status in the CES adjustment procedure. Using data from the 2004 CES we estimate propensity models with and without the interviewer housing tenure variable and compare weights created out of those propensity models. We will develop a similar analysis using the LA FANS study, which provides a unique set of physical and social observations recorded by interviewers at the block level.
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