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Sociocultural Issues in Adapting Spanish Health Survey Translation: The Case of the Quality of Well-Being Scale (QWB-SA)

Year: 2020

Type: book-chapter

Abstract: Language users, such as survey respondents and interviewers, must speak the same language literally and figuratively to interact with each other. As diversity grows in the United States and globally, interviewers and respondents may speak a different language or speak the same language differently that reflects their own cultural norms of communication. This book discusses the role of language in survey research when comparisons across groups, cultures, and countries are of interest. Language use in surveys is dynamic, including words, symbols (e.g., arrows), and even emojis.

DOI: 10.3768/rtipress.bk.0023.2004.10

Authors: Nereida Congost-Maestre, Maichou Lor

Institutions: University of Southern California, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, RTI International, University of Illinois System

Language: English

Topic: Survey Methodology and Nonresponse

Subfield: Sociology and Political Science

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Reduced inequalities

Open Access status: gold

OpenAlex ID: W3021094666

FWCI: 1.719

Cites: 30

Cited by: 3

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