engleski

Determinants of survey response in Croatian EVS 2008

Using correlational model of multiple regression analysis we analyzed data about characteristics of procedure of on-field sampling, descriptors of interviewing procedure, descriptors of interviewers, settlements where interviews were done, and characteristics of contact and respondents were analyzed as descriptors of behavior of 139 interviewers in European Values Study in Croatia. As main predictors of variance variability inof response rate were detected availability of respondents as combination of demographic and contact characteristics were detected. Another set of predictors were recognized in set of characteristics of interviewers’ behavior that do not comply with proposed rules of sampling or interviewing. Those predictors clearly pictures depict interviewers’ utility oriented behavior of interviewers aiming at maximizing financial effects of engagement in the fieldwork. Therefore, real economic-motivation model of fieldwork management has to be developed in order to prevent practice of utilitarian disobeying fieldwork rules. Other predictors show considerably less or none of predictive power for response rate prediction.

survey response; survey fieldwork

nije evidentirano