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

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

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Lothar Essig ()
Joachim Winter (Mannheim Research Institute for the Economics of Aging (MEA))

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Joachim Klaus Winter

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We analyze nonresponse to questions on financial items such as income and asset holdings in household surveys using data from 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 modes (personal interview vs. drop-off questionnaire). The data also allow to investigate 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.

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- Essig, Lothar & Winter, Joachim, 2003. "Item nonresponse to financial questions in household surveys: An experimental study of interviewer and mode effects," Sonderforschungsbereich 504 Publications 05-18, Sonderforschungsbereich 504, Universität Mannheim & Sonderforschungsbereich 504, University of Mannheim. [Downloadable!]
- Lothar Essig & Joachim Winter, 2003. "Item nonresponse to financial questions in household surveys: An experimental study of interviewer and mode effects," MEA discussion paper series 03039, Mannheim Research Institute for the Economics of Aging (MEA), University of Mannheim. [Downloadable!]

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Essig, Lothar, 2004. "Methodological aspects of the SAVE data set," Sonderforschungsbereich 504 Publications 05-17, Sonderforschungsbereich 504, Universität Mannheim & Sonderforschungsbereich 504, University of Mannheim. [Downloadable!]
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Lothar Essig, 2005. "Methodological aspects of the SAVE data set," MEA discussion paper series 05080, Mannheim Research Institute for the Economics of Aging (MEA), University of Mannheim. [Downloadable!]

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