Are There Differences in Responses to Social Identity Questions in Face-to-Face versus Telephone Interviews? Results of an Experiment on a Longitudinal Survey

Autor/inn/en	Nandi, Alita; Platt, Lucinda
Titel	Are There Differences in Responses to Social Identity Questions in Face-to-Face versus Telephone Interviews? Results of an Experiment on a Longitudinal Survey
Quelle	In: International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 20 (2017) 2, S.151-166 (16 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1364-5579
DOI	10.1080/13645579.2016.1165495
Schlagwörter	Research Methodology; Telephone Surveys; Interviews; Responses; Foreign Countries; Data Collection; Longitudinal Studies; Interpersonal Relationship; Individual Characteristics; Ethnicity; Gender Differences; Age Differences; Identification (Psychology); Occupations; Religion; Educational Attainment; Politics; Sexual Identity; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Research method; Forschungsmethode; Telephone interview; Telefoninterview; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Ausland; Data capture; Datensammlung; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Personality characteristic; Personality traits; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Ethnizität; Geschlechterkonflikt; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Beruf; Berufsumfeld; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Politik; Geschlechtsidentität; Sexuelle Identität; Großbritannien
Abstract	This paper investigates the effect of interview mode (telephone vs. face-to-face) on responses to a 13-item module of identity questions covering distinct domains. With increasing moves towards mixed-mode implementation, especially in longitudinal surveys, establishing whether mode effects are likely to influence findings is of practical value. A growing number of studies explore mode effects; but the potential impact of mode on identity questions has not been investigated, even though such questions are increasingly being asked in multi-topic surveys. Adjusting for selection, we find little evidence for specific mode effects. The exception is responses on political identity: telephone responders are eight percentage points more likely to consider politics important to their identity. We do not find differences in data quality as measured by item non-response, straightlining, primacy and recency effects across modes. We conclude that mode effects are small for identity questions. (As Provided).
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