Sala, Emanuela and Knies, Gundi and Burton, Jonathan (2014) Propensity to consent to data linkage: experimental evidence on the role of three survey design features in a UK longitudinal panel. International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 17 (5). pp. 455-473. DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/13645579.2014.899101
Sala, Emanuela and Knies, Gundi and Burton, Jonathan (2014) Propensity to consent to data linkage: experimental evidence on the role of three survey design features in a UK longitudinal panel. International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 17 (5). pp. 455-473. DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/13645579.2014.899101
Sala, Emanuela and Knies, Gundi and Burton, Jonathan (2014) Propensity to consent to data linkage: experimental evidence on the role of three survey design features in a UK longitudinal panel. International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 17 (5). pp. 455-473. DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/13645579.2014.899101
Abstract
When performing data linkage, survey respondents need to provide their informed consent. Since not all respondents agree to this request, the linked data-set will have fewer observations than the survey data-set alone and bias may be introduced. By focusing on the role that survey design features play in gaining respondents’ consent, this paper provides an innovative contribution to the studies in this field. Analysing experimental data collected in a nationally representative household panel survey of the British population, we find that interview features such as question format (dependent/independent questions) and placement of the consent question within the questionnaire have an impact on consent rates.
Item Type: | Article |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | data linkage; asking for consent; experiments; dependent interviewing; context effects; longitudinal studies; Innovation Panel |
Subjects: | H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) H Social Sciences > HA Statistics |
Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences Faculty of Social Sciences > Institute for Social and Economic Research |
SWORD Depositor: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Date Deposited: | 10 Jun 2014 07:39 |
Last Modified: | 30 Oct 2024 19:57 |
URI: | http://repository.essex.ac.uk/id/eprint/9687 |
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