Interviewer effects on nonresponse in the European social survey

Blom, Annelies G. ; Leeuw, Edith D. de ; Hox, Joop J.

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URL:	https://ub-madoc.bib.uni-mannheim.de/2966
URN:	urn:nbn:de:bsz:180-madoc-29668
Document Type:	Working paper
Year of publication:	2010
The title of a journal, publication series:	MEA Discussion Papers
Volume:	202
Place of publication:	Mannheim
Publication language:	English
Institution:	Außerfakultäre Einrichtungen > VWL insb Makroök u Wirtschaftspol (Börsch-Supan 1989-2011) School of Law and Economics > Sonstige - Fakultät für Rechtswissenschaft und Volkswirtschaftslehre
MADOC publication series:	Veröffentlichungen des MEA (Mannheim Research Institute For the Economics of Aging) > MEA Discussion Papers
Subject:	300 Social sciences, sociology, anthropology
Classification:	JEL: C83 C81 ,
Subject headings (SWD):	Demoskopie , Umfrage , Interviewleitfaden , Kulturvergleich
Keywords (English):	contact , cooperation , interviewer attitudes , doorstep behavior , interviewer questionaire , paradata , conctact data , cross-cultural research
Abstract:	In face-to-face surveys interviewers play a crucial role in making contact with and gaining cooperation from sample units. While some analyses investigate the influence of interviewers on nonresponse, they are typically restricted to single-country studies. However, interviewer training, contacting and cooperation strategies as well as survey climates may differ across countries. Combining call-record data from the European Social Survey (ESS) with data from a detailed interviewer questionnaire on attitudes and doorstep behavior we find systematic country differences in nonresponse processes, which can in part be explained by differences in interviewer characteristics, such as contacting strategies and avowed doorstep behavior.
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