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Activity Number:
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652
- Improving Efficiency and Maintaining High Data Quality: Outcomes for the 2017 Survey of Consumer Finances
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Type:
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Topic Contributed
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Date/Time:
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Thursday, August 3, 2017 : 10:30 AM to 12:20 PM
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Sponsor:
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Survey Research Methods Section
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Abstract #324585
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View Presentation
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Title:
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Within Household Gatekeepers and Obstacles to Survey Participation
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Author(s):
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Micah Sjoblom* and Catherine C Haggerty and Karen Veldman and Anna Joyce and Kevin Moore
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Companies:
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NORC and NORC University of Chicago and NORC University of Chicago and NORC and Federal Reserve Board
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Keywords:
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Household Surveys ;
Hard to Reach ;
Non Response
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Abstract:
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The Survey of Consumer Finance (SCF) is a dual frame national survey conducted triennially for the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and provides unique and important insights into the assets, liabilities and net worth of American households. NORC at the University of Chicago collected survey observations for the 2016 SCF using face-to-face interviewing techniques designed to address more widespread challenges to participation. This paper outlines the contacting strategy and the utilization of operational paradata elements to inform interviewer outreach when household-level gatekeeper scenarios are encountered preventing access to potential respondents. We will discuss the application of refined operational strategies utilized in 2016 to address known systematic barriers to reaching respondents, including gatekeeper identification and engagement, as well as efforts to connect with respondents and ensure that an informed decision related to participation can be made.
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Authors who are presenting talks have a * after their name.
