<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Nonresponse is a repeatedly reported concern in survey research. In this article, we investigate the technique of reissuing nonrespondents to another interviewer and attempting to convert them into respondents, using data of Rounds 7 and 8 of the European Social Survey (ESS) in Belgium. The results show no marked differences between respondents interviewed by the more and the less successful interviewers, indicating that the latter are not more successful in persuading more reluctant respondents to participate. Sample units that were unsuccessfully approached in the initial phase by an interviewer with a high response rate are more difficult to convert during the reissue phase. Sample units that were unsuccessfully approached in the initial phase by an interviewer with a low response rate are easier to convert during the reissue phase.</p></abstract>

Nonresponse is a repeatedly reported concern in survey research. In this article, we investigate the technique of reissuing nonrespondents to another interviewer and attempting to convert them into respondents, using data of Rounds 7 and 8 of the European Social Survey (ESS) in Belgium. The results show no marked differences between respondents interviewed by the more and the less successful interviewers, indicating that the latter are not more successful in persuading more reluctant respondents to participate. Sample units that were unsuccessfully approached in the initial phase by an interviewer with a high response rate are more difficult to convert during the reissue phase. Sample units that were unsuccessfully approached in the initial phase by an interviewer with a low response rate are easier to convert during the reissue phase.

Assessing Interviewer Performance in Approaching Reissued Initial Nonrespondents

Journal of Official Statistics

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Nonresponse is a repeatedly reported concern in survey research. In this article, we investigate the technique of reissuing nonrespondents to another...

Assessing Interviewer Performance in Approaching Reissued Initial Nonrespondents

Published Online: Jul 24, 2020

Page range: 589 - 607

Received: Sep 01, 2018

Accepted: Apr 01, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jos-2020-0030

Keywords
Nonresponse, European social survey, reissuing

© 2020 Laurie Peeters et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Assessing Interviewer Performance in Approaching Reissued Initial Nonrespondents

Published Online: Jul 24, 2020

Page range: 589 - 607

Received: Sep 01, 2018

Accepted: Apr 01, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jos-2020-0030

KeywordsNonresponse, European social survey, reissuing

© 2020 Laurie Peeters et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Nonresponse, European social survey, reissuing