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Activity Number: 397
Type: Topic Contributed
Date/Time: Tuesday, August 3, 2010 : 2:00 PM to 3:50 PM
Sponsor: Section on Survey Research Methods
Abstract - #307812
Title: Panel Conditioning in the Consumer Expenditure Interview Survey
Author(s): Ting Yan*+ and Kennon R. Copeland
Companies: NORC and NORC
Address: 55 East Monroe Street, Chicago, IL, 60615, USA
Keywords: panel conditioning ; longitudinal surveys ; measurement error ; Consumer Expenditure Interview Survey ; reporting burden ; reluctant respondents
Abstract:

Panel conditioning is one of important sources of measurement error unique to panel surveys. It refers to changes to either respondents' true value or their report of the true value caused by being interviewed multiple times. Earlier studies on expenditures found that people interviewed for a second time reported significantly less expenditures than those interviewed for the first time. This paper examines panel conditioning effects in the Consumer Expenditure Interview Survey and found no evidence of panel conditioning in the total amount of expenditure reported and the different number of expenditure types reported. In addition, reluctant respondents and respondents with higher reporting burden did not seem to be more prone to panel conditioning effects than cooperative respondents or those with lower reporting burden.


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