Item nonresponse to financial questions in household surveys: an experimental study of interviewer and mode effects

Lothar Essig and Joachim Winter ()

No 05-18, Papers from Sonderforschungsbreich 504

Abstract: We analyze nonresponse to questions on financial items such as income and asset holdings in the SAVE survey, exploiting 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 interview modes (personal interview vs. drop-off questionnaire). The data also allow investigating the influence of interviewer characteristics on nonresponse. Our results are in line with predictions derived from models of survey response behavior that have been developed in survey research and social psychology.

Keywords: household surveys; item nonresponse; panel attrition; interview mode (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C81 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2005
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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 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 (2003)
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