Assessing Interviewer Performance in Approaching Reissued Initial Nonrespondents

Peeters Laurie (), David De Coninck (), Wuyts Celine () and Loosveldt Geert ()
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Peeters Laurie: Catholic University of Leuven, Centre for Sociological Research, Parkstraat 45, 3000Leuven, Belgium.
David De Coninck: Catholic University of Leuven, Centre for Sociological Research, Parkstraat 45, 3000Leuven, Belgium.
Wuyts Celine: Catholic University of Leuven, Centre for Sociological Research, Parkstraat 45, 3000Leuven, Belgium.
Loosveldt Geert: Catholic University of Leuven, Centre for Sociological Research, Parkstraat 45, 3000Leuven, Belgium.

Journal of Official Statistics, 2020, vol. 36, issue 3, 589-607

Abstract: Nonresponse is a repeatedly reported concern in survey research. In this article, we investigate the technique of reissuing nonrespondents to another interviewer and attempting to convert them into respondents, using data of Rounds 7 and 8 of the European Social Survey (ESS) in Belgium. The results show no marked differences between respondents interviewed by the more and the less successful interviewers, indicating that the latter are not more successful in persuading more reluctant respondents to participate. Sample units that were unsuccessfully approached in the initial phase by an interviewer with a high response rate are more difficult to convert during the reissue phase. Sample units that were unsuccessfully approached in the initial phase by an interviewer with a low response rate are easier to convert during the reissue phase.

Keywords: Nonresponse; European social survey; reissuing (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.2478/jos-2020-0030

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