The survey of income and program participation sipp is a longitudinal household survey conducted by the u. In addition to the obvious strategy of limiting the number of questions to be asked, whenever possible investigators should make use of administrative data to fill in certain variable fields in advance of the interview and offer respondents a choice of survey modetelephone interview, personal interview, online survey, or mail survey. The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the govern ing board of the national research council, whose. Household or individual advantages and disadvantages of. For panel surveys, the amount of time a survey is allowed to be in the field and the duration of the survey affect the overall nonresponse.
Impact of nonresponse rates on nonresponse bias 169. Such survey instruments can be used in many types of research, from case study, to crosssectional survey, to experiment. Response bias is a general term that refers to conditions or factors that take place during the process of responding to surveys, affecting the way responses are provided. Nonresponse in household interview surveys is an important resource for professionals and students in survey methodologyresearch methods as well as those who use survey methods or data in business, government, and academia. Survey nonresponse and the distribution of income anton korinek, johan a. Due to capi errors, the categories modest and lowincome have been merged into a single lowincome category for estonia. This paper considers how to correct for non response in a sample survey when nonresponse is related to household size. Decision processes related to survey item nonresponse p. Groves 1989 refers only to household survey nonresponse, stating that unit nonresponse arises in the three following ways. India human development survey, 2005 ihds data guide. Adobe portable document form pdf format and can be viewed with adobe acrobat. Interview survey on disability, phase 1 and phase 2.
New measures and new insights1 paper presented at the international conference on survey nonresponse, portland, or october, 1999. Individual level weights many datasets have both a household and an individual level weight. Household survey responses rates in the united states have been steadily declining for at least the last two decades. From 2003 onwards, the english house condition survey operated continuously until its merger with the survey for english housing to form the ehs. Household survey questionnaire for the indonesia family. Several designbased, modelbased, and modelassisted methods have been developed to adjust survey. Improving income nonresponse in the national health. Groves and others published nonresponse in household interview surveys find, read and cite all the research you need on researchgate.
Such circumstances lead to a nonrandom deviation of the answers from their true value. Income is a critical variable in policy analysis, and because of this, most federal household surveys collect at least some data on income. Key topics in survey methodology are clearly explained in the books chapters, with coverage including sampling frame evaluation, sample design, development of questionnaires, evaluation of questions, alternative modes of data collection, interviewing, nonresponse, postcollection processing of survey data, and practices for maintaining. Nonresponse in household interview surveys wiley online. Reweighting to reduce unit nonresponse bias in household. The collection of units individuals about which the researcher wants to make quantitative statements. It was particularly difficult to obtain high response rates in the national household transportation survey for several reasons.
Nonresponse in household interview surveys request pdf. Methods for adjusting survey weights when estimating a total. Introduction survey quality is thought to be impacted by nonresponse, both item nonresponse and survey. The contents of the handbook can also be used, in part, as a training guide for. Especially in recent years, survey organizations have become increasingly interested in finding ways to increase interview efficiency, in particular as a means of combating an increase in survey nonresponse e. Income questions produce some of the highest item nonresponse rates recorded in surveys, and comparisons of survey estimates with benchmarks developed from administrative records. Chapter 19 statistical analysis of survey data james r.
Reasons for refusals, their collection in surveys and. Comparison of item and unit nonresponse in household. Yet income is exceedingly difficult to measure well in a household survey. The national health interview survey nhis has high levels of income nonresponse.
The surveys mission is to provide a nationally representative sample for evaluating. The set of units individuals that has nonzero probability of being selected. Unequal selection probabilities nonresponse at the household level nonresponse of individuals within households. The surveys in figure1 show a pronounced increase in unit nonresponse over time, in recent years reaching 16 to 33 percent. Our pdf merger allows you to quickly combine multiple pdf files into one single pdf document, in just a few clicks. As in many surveys it is necessary to weight the bhps in order to ensure it is representative of the population weights adjust for. The effects of survey nonresponse and proxy response on. The nhis, a nationally representative survey of the civilian noninstitutionalized household population of the united states, uses inperson interviews. The probability of correcting survey nonresponse with census data johannes g. Bias from unit nonresponse in the measurement of income. In addition, complete sampling frames that list all individuals or all households are usually not available.
A research agenda the national academies press 500 fifth street, nw washington, dc 20001 notice. The nonresponse followup survey obtained detail about the demographic characteristics of the household members, such as age, sex, income, etc. The national health interview survey nhis, sponsored by the national center for health. A comprehensive framework for both reduction of nonresponse andpostsurvey adjustment for nonresponse. The method of data collection in household health surveys can be a major determinant of cost and data quality. Another 2,662 individuals who died since ifls4 had exit interviews with a proxy. All nhis interviews are conducted via computer assisted personal interviewing capi. The current publicly available annual national health interview survey data release consists of four files which describe the demographics and healthrelated characteristics of the survey population at the household, family, and personlevel, as well as two files designed to capture information on any injuries experienced during the year. One respondent, usually at random, is selected to be interviewed. Nonresponse analysis in the household budget surveys in.
Presented at the annual meeting of the american association for public opinion association, miami beach, fl, 2005. Household surveys utilize complex sample designs to control survey costs. Household or individual advantages and disadvantages of different interview selection strategies. Thus we implemented the experimental study that is the focus of this paper, in order to gather. Nonresponse in household interview surveys groves survey errors and survey costs groves, dillman, eltinge, and little. Survey solutions produces export data files separately for each data level. A study of this sort can involve anything from a short paperandpencil feedback form, to an intensive onetoone interview asking a large number of questions, to direct observation of relevant behaviour. To merge the household and individual files, sort both in the following order by. Merging files of different data levels survey solutions support. The separate cause model would produce a zero covariance. Since 1998, item nonresponse rates for an exact amount question on total family income. The purpose of this study in montreal was to compare cost and data quality of various strategies.
To merge data from the household file into the family file, or into any of the. This permits exploration of which circumstances produce a relationship between nonresponse rates and nonresponse bias and which, do not. Even when population registries are available, the cost of implementing a household interview survey based on a simple random sample design would be prohibitively. A starting point for thinking about survey nonresponse is to consider the different ways in which it may occur. Based on the evidence of this study, there is little reason to believe that household survey based employment statistics for persons with disability are significantly biased by nonresponse or proxy response of respondents with disabilities. Changes in telephone survey nonresponse over the past. Comparison of item and unit nonresponse in household surveys august 2005 john dixon, bureau of labor statistics, room 1950, 2 massachusetts ave. Ihds users should refer to the user guide pdf, which provides greater detail on the. These data are mostly reinterviews of households interviewed for ihds.
Computer assisted survey information collection business survey methods deming sample design in business research dillman. Ihdsii users should refer to the user guide pdf, which provides greater detail. Initial household contacts were through random digit dialing, individual extended interviews were required from all adults. Nonresponse is a serious concern in all household surveys. Unit nonresponse in household wealth surveys european central. A comprehensive framework for both reduction of nonresponse and postsurvey adjustment for nonresponse this book provides guidance and support for survey statisticians who need to develop models for postsurvey adjustment for nonresponse, and for survey designers and practitioners attempting to reduce unit nonresponse in household interview surveys.
Methods for decreasing survey nonresponse 1 for a good strategy of nonresponse reduction, it is very important to identify and measure different components of nonresponse the most common indicators used for reporting nonresponse in household surveys are following. Unit nonresponse when a household is not interviewed at all has been rising in most surveys. This book provides guidance and support for survey. Introducing the british household panel survey using spss. The third section presents, from the perspective of the hfcs as a crossnational survey, ways to maximise participation as well as how weighting adjustments can help reduce nonresponse bias, distinguishing between nonresponse and calibration adjustments. Interview surveys are often sampled and conducted at the household level. In previous chapters, we have summarized evidence that survey nonresponse is a growing problem. A well designed household survey which is properly implemented can generate necessary information of sufficient quality and accuracy with speed and at a relatively low cost. A survey strategy can comprise mail, telephone, or home interview methods, individually or in combination to follow up nonrespondents. Users guide for the indonesia family life survey, wave 5 rand. A second round of ihds ihdsii reinterviewed most of these households in 2011 12. Declining response rates to surveys is a widespread and troubling problem.
It is therefore essential that experienced staff are utilised in the planning and execution stage of the survey to ensure that accurate and reliable survey data is delivered within predetermined timescales and budgets. A comprehensive framework for both reduction of nonresponse andpostsurvey adjustment for nonresponse this book provides guidance and support for survey statisticianswho need to develop models for postsurvey adjustment fornonresponse, and for survey designers and practitioners attemptingto reduce unit nonresponse in household interview surveys. Mphia technical report 11 the 2015 malawi populationbased hiv impact assessment mphia is a crosssectional sample survey designed to assess the prevalence of key human immunodeficiency virus hivrelated health. Household surveys in crisis 203 smallarea information annually, and the panel study of income dynamics psid, which is the longestrunning longitudinal survey and thus allows tracking specific households over time. Groves and couper 1998 develop a model of nonresponse to household interview surveys that distinguishes noncontact, refusal and other reasons for survey nonresponse.
This data guide is an overview of the india human development surveyii, 2011 12. A comparison of mail, telephone, and home interview. Household interview surveys tend to be both labour intensive and expensive to conduct. Household interview surveys nationwide data collection. Conditions survey operated continuously until the merger to form the english housing survey. A similar decline in survey response can be observed in all wealthy countries, and is particularly high in areas with large numbers of singleparent households, families with young children, workers with long commutes, and high crime rates. The survey s mission is to provide a nationally representative sample for evaluating. In a paper that has been cited often in this report, brick and williams 20 raised the disturbing possibility, based on their analyses, that the intrinsic rate of increase in nonresponse in u. Household size related nonresponse may occur when an enumerator fails to find any respondent at home. Readme for 2018 nhis data file ftp directory listing cdc.
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