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Activity Number:
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381
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Type:
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Topic Contributed
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Date/Time:
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Wednesday, August 6, 2008 : 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 - #301073 |
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Title:
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Do You Really Mean What You Say? Doorstep Concerns and Data Quality in the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS)
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Author(s):
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James M. Dahlhamer*+ and Catherine Simile and Beth Taylor
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Companies:
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National Center for Health Statistics and National Center for Health Statistics and National Center for Health Statistics
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Address:
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3311 Toledo Road, Hyattsville, MD, 20782,
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Keywords:
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paradata ; data quality ; satisficing ; measurement error ; doorstep concerns
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Abstract:
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Measurement error arising from respondent-interviewer interactions during the interview has received considerable attention among survey researchers. Less understood are the effects on data quality of respondent concerns and reluctance expressed during initial doorstep interactions. While some suggest that doorstep concerns foretell a respondent's level of commitment to the interview, others suggest that stated concerns carry little intrinsic meaning. Using paradata (data about the collection process) and health data from the 2006 and 2007 NHIS, we explore the associations between respondent doorstep concerns and reluctance (e.g., "too busy") and various measures of data quality. We also attempt to extend prior research by exploring the effects of combinations of respondent concerns. We discuss the implications of our findings for interviewing and quality assurance procedures.
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