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Activity Number:
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149
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Type:
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Contributed
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Date/Time:
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Monday, August 4, 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 - #301131 |
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Title:
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Which Incentives Work Best for Respondents in Today's RDD Surveys?
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Author(s):
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Barbara L. Carlson*+ and Karen CyBulski and Tom Barton
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Companies:
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Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. and Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. and Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.
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Address:
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P.O. Box 2393, Princeton, NJ, 08543-2393,
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Keywords:
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response rates ; incentives ; RDD surveys
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Abstract:
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As has been widely reported in the literature, response rates for telephone surveys---particularly RDD surveys---have been declining significantly in recent years. Mathematica Policy Research (MPR) has conducted several rounds of the Community Tracking Study Household Survey (CTS) for the Center for Studying Health System Change since 1996, to inform health care decision makers about changes in the U.S. health care system, and how such changes affect people. Obtaining high response rates for the CTS has been increasingly difficult each round, and round 5 (2007--08) posed the greatest challenges yet. MPR implemented various incentive and other strategies, including varying dollar amounts and the form and timing of payments. This paper shows how these strategies, implemented within random sample replicates, affected response rates and the effort needed to obtain completed interviews.
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