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Data Collection on Sensitive Topics with Adolescents Using Interactive Voice Response Technology

Year: 2018

Type: article

Abstract: We describe the development and implementation of a survey administered using interactive voice response (IVR) technology to collect information on sensitive topics in a US national sample of adolescents age 12-17. Respondents were participants in the Panel Study of Income Dynamics 2014 Child Development Supplement (N=1,098). We review questionnaire design, fieldwork protocols, data quality and completeness, and respondent burden. We find that in the context of research on sensitive topics with adolescents, IVR is a cost-efficient and flexible method of data collection that yields high survey response rates and low item nonresponse rates with distributions on key variables that are comparable to other national studies.

Source: PubMed

DOI: 10.12758/mda.2018.05

Authors: Fomby, Paula, Sastry, Narayan

Institution: University of Michigan

Language: English

Topic: Survey Methodology and Nonresponse

Subfield: Sociology and Political Science

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funders: National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

Awards: Transition from Preschool through High School: Family, Schools & Neighborhoods, Michigan Research Infrastructure for Population Sciences, Family Dynamics, Fertility, and Investments in Children across Generations