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Activity Number: 476
Type: Contributed
Date/Time: Wednesday, August 1, 2012 : 8:30 AM to 10:20 PM
Sponsor: Section on Survey Research Methods
Abstract - #306163
Title: Evaluation of Interviewer Effects on Nonresponse Bias
Author(s): Denize Barbosa*+ and Gabriele Durrant and Chris Skinner
Companies: University of Southampton and University of Southampton and London School of Economics
Address: 98A, Belmont Road, Southampton, SO17 2GF , United Kingdom
Keywords: Sample survey ; multilevel model
Abstract:

A common characteristic in almost all sample surveys is the presence of nonresponse. Nonresponse can negatively affect the quality of the sample estimates, because of the possibility of selection bias. One potential factor that can influence nonresponse is the survey interviewer. In this study, we employ multilevel modelling techniques to investigate interviewer effects on nonresponse bias in complex surveys. We describe an application for the method using data from the 2001 UK Labour Force Survey (LFS). Information at individual level on both respondents and nonrespondents was acquired by linking each household member in the LFS dataset to the 2001 UK census individual records. The results show that there is evidence of nonresponse bias induced by interviewers.


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