Item non-response to financial questions in household surveys: An experimental study of interviewer and mode effects

Lothar Essig and Joachim Winter ()

Munich Reprints in Economics from University of Munich, Department of Economics

Abstract: We analyse the determinants of non-response to questions on financial items such as income and asset holdings in household surveys. Our data come from a controlled field experiment. As part of the SAVE study - a representative survey conducted in Germany in 2001 - questions on household income and financial assets were administered using different modes (personal interview versus drop-off questionnaire). The data also allow us to investigate the influence of interviewer characteristics on non-response. Our results are in line with predictions derived from models of survey response behaviour that have been developed in survey research and social psychology.

Date: 2009
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Published in Fiscal Studies 3-4 30(2009): pp. 367-390

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Journal Article: Item Non-Response to Financial Questions in Household Surveys: An Experimental Study of Interviewer and Mode Effects (2009)
Working Paper: Item nonresponse to financial questions in household surveys: an experimental study of interviewer and mode effects (2005)
Working Paper: Item nonresponse to financial questions in household surveys: An experimental study of interviewer and mode effects (2003)
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