COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE EFFECTS OF PROXY RESPONDENTS AND SELF-RESPONDENTS ON HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS

Levent Gokdemir and Ali Tufekci

Journal of Academic Research in Economics, 2011, vol. 3, issue 1 (March), 52-62

Abstract: This study analyzed the effects of proxy respondents -a source of measurement error- on the results of the household surveys, by using the data set of the Household Labor Force Survey conducted in NUTS-2 TRBI Region, Turkey. It was found out that use of proxy respondent method increased and use of self-respondent method decreased the simple response variance and inconsistency index of the data set.

Keywords: Household Surveys; Gross Difference Rate; Simple Response Variance; Inconsistency Index (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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