Content Analysis and Predicting Survey Refusal: What Are Respondents' Concerns about Participating in a Face-to-Face Household Mental Health Survey?

Autor/inn/en	Hyder, Sanaa; Bilal, Lisa; Mneimneh, Zeina; Naseem, Mohammad Talal; DeVol, Edward; Aradati, Maggie; Shahab, Mona; BinMuammar, Abdulrahman; Al-Subaie, Abdullah; Al-Habeeb, AbdulHameed; Altwaijri, Yasmin
Titel	Content Analysis and Predicting Survey Refusal: What Are Respondents' Concerns about Participating in a Face-to-Face Household Mental Health Survey?
Quelle	In: Field Methods, 33 (2021) 2, S.125-142 (18 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1525-822X
DOI	10.1177/1525822X211000856
Schlagwörter	Content Analysis; Response Rates (Questionnaires); Mental Health; Foreign Countries; National Surveys; Participant Characteristics; Geographic Location; Geographic Regions; Socioeconomic Status; Age Differences; Gender Differences; Predictor Variables; Saudi Arabia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Inhaltsanalyse; Antwortkontrolle; Psychohygiene; Ausland; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Geschlechterkonflikt; Prädiktor; Saudi-Arabien
Abstract	Previous studies suggest that refusals form the largest proportion of nonresponse for household surveys. As face-to-face household health surveys are uncommon in several countries, it might be advantageous for prospective surveys to preemptively tackle respondents' refusal to survey participation. Using contact history data from the Saudi National Mental Health Survey, we examined the relationship between social environmental factors, respondent characteristics, survey request concerns recorded by interviewers, and respondents' propensity to refuse to participate in the survey. Content analysis and logistic regressions were conducted. Our findings suggest that urbanicity, region, socioeconomic status, age, and gender are associated with refusal. Patriarchal gatekeepers and specific survey-related concerns are more likely to lead to temporary refusals compared to final refusals. These results have implications for survey researchers employing similar recruitment and data collection methods, for example in tailoring refusal conversion strategies for interviewers to address concerns expressed by Saudi and/or culturally similar respondents. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01