Sociology, Department of

 

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

10-2013

Citation

Published online ahead of print, October 23, 2013, in Field Methods, doi: 10.1177/1525822X13507865

Published in print: Field Methods 26:1 (2014), pp. 56-69; http://fmx.sagepub.com/content/26/1/56

Comments

Copyright © 2013 Kristen Olson and Jolene D. Smyth; published by Sage Publications. Used by permission.

Abstract

Household surveys are moving from interviewer-administered modes to self-administered modes for data collection, but many households do not accurately follow within-household selection procedures in mail surveys. In this article, we examine accuracy of within-household selection using an oldest adult/youngest adult method in web, mail, and mixed-mode surveys. The frame for this study comes from a telephone survey conducted with Nebraska residents in which the oldest adult/youngest adult method is used to select the initial respondent. One year later, these telephone participants are followed up using identical household selection methods. This article examines characteristics of people who followed the selection procedures compared to those who did not.

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