The Influence of Interviewer Characteristics on Support for Democracy and Political Engagement in Sub-Saharan Africa

Autor/in	Lau, Charles Q.
Titel	The Influence of Interviewer Characteristics on Support for Democracy and Political Engagement in Sub-Saharan Africa
Quelle	In: International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 21 (2018) 4, S.467-486 (20 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1364-5579
DOI	10.1080/13645579.2017.1407087
Schlagwörter	Democracy; Foreign Countries; Citizen Participation; Political Attitudes; Social Desirability; Public Opinion; Interviews; Questioning Techniques; Influences; Africa; Benin; Botswana; Burkina Faso; Cabo Verde; Ghana; Kenya; Lesotho; Liberia; Madagascar; Malawi; Mozambique; Namibia; Nigeria; Senegal; South Africa; Tanzania; Uganda; Zambia; Zimbabwe; Mali + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Demokratie; Ausland; 'Citizen participation; Citizens'' participation'; Bürgerbeteiligung; Political attitude; Politische Einstellung; Soziales Bedürfnis; Öffentliche Meinung; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Befragungstechnik; Fragetechnik; Influence; Einfluss; Einflussfaktor; Afrika; Kenia; Madagaskar; Mosambik; Südafrika; Süd-Afrika; Republik Südafrika; Südafrikanische Republik; Tansania; Sambia; Simbabwe
Abstract	This study investigates how an interviewer's characteristics affect how respondents answer survey questions about democracy and political engagement. I analyze data from the 2008 Afrobarometer surveys, in which 810 interviewers surveyed 27,713 respondents across 20 countries in sub-Saharan Africa. Using these data, I study how interviewer education, age, and gender affect two outcomes: (1) response distributions to attitudinal and behavioral survey questions and (2) the likelihood of respondents saying 'don't know' to a survey question. The analysis also investigates how the respondent's perception of who sponsored the survey (NGO, private sector, government) affects attitudes. The results show that these interviewer characteristics affect the quality of survey data on political attitudes and behaviors. In the discussion, I consider the implications for research based on public opinion data about democracy and political engagement. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01