Surveying a Chicago Public Housing Development

Allyson L. Holbrook, Isabel C. Farrar and Susan J. Popkin
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Isabel C. Farrar: Survey Research Laboratory, University of Illinois at Chicago
Susan J. Popkin: Urban Institute, Washington, DC

Evaluation Review, 2006, vol. 30, issue 6, 779-802

Abstract: During the winter and spring of 2003, the Survey Research Laboratory conducted a survey of residents of the Ida Wells and Madden Park housing developments on Chicago's near-south side. This article reviews existing research findings on using indigenous interviewers and reports the findings about the benefits and challenges of using residents as interviewers versus drawing from a regular pool of interviewers. Specifically, the authors talk abthe challenges faced in using indigenous interviewers and then look at some data quality indicators among these two groups of interviewers, including cooperation rates, item nonresponse, and differences in responses to sensitive questions.

Keywords: survey interviewers; data quality; social desirability response bias (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006
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DOI: 10.1177/0193841X06288738

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