When “I Don’t Know” Means a Lot – Moderators and Mediators of Age-Related Changes in Uninformative Answers (Kiedy „nie mam zdania” znaczy wiele – moderatory i mediatory zwiazanych z wiekiem zmian w sklonnosci do udzielania odpowiedzi beztresciowych)

Maksymilian Bielecki (), Leon Ciechanowski, Jakub Michalak, Dorota ¯urkowska, Maria Pacuska-Chojecka, Joanna Nyboe and Anna Krzeœniak
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Maksymilian Bielecki: SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Department of Psychology, Warsaw, Poland.
Leon Ciechanowski: SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Department of Psychology, Warsaw, Poland.
Jakub Michalak: SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Department of Psychology, Warsaw, Poland.
Dorota ¯urkowska: University of Warsaw, Philosophy and Sociology Department, Institute of Sociology, Warsaw, Poland.
Maria Pacuska-Chojecka: University of Warsaw, The R. B. Zajonc Institute for Social Studies, Warsaw, Poland.
Joanna Nyboe: University of Warsaw, The R. B. Zajonc Institute for Social Studies, Warsaw, Poland.
Anna Krzeœniak: niversity of Warsaw, Institute of Applied Social Sciences, Warsaw, Poland.

Problemy Zarzadzania, 2016, vol. 14, issue 60, 9-23

Abstract: Our paper focused on identifying moderators (i.a. question difficulty) and mediators (i.a. health condition) allowing for better understanding of the relationship between ageing and respondents’ tendency to select uninformative answers (“do not know”, “have no opinion” etc.). Our results, based on data obtained in three waves of PGSS study (2002, 2005, 2010), support previous research linking preference for uninformative answers with age-related cognitive decline. The creation of the English-language version of these publications is fi nanced in the framework of contract No. 768/P-DUN/2016 by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education committed to activities aimed at the promotion of education.

Keywords: survey research; ageing; do-not-know answers (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C83 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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