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Data Collection on Sensitive Topics with Adolescents Using Interactive Voice Response Technology
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Abstract We describe the development and implementation of a survey administered using interactivevoice response (IVR) technology to collect information on sensitive topics in a USnational sample of adolescents age 12-17. Respondents were participants in the Panel Study of Income Dynamics 2014 Child Developm... view more
We describe the development and implementation of a survey administered using interactivevoice response (IVR) technology to collect information on sensitive topics in a USnational 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.... view less
Keywords
data capture; data quality; adolescent; response behavior; social desirability; questionnaire; survey research
Classification
Methods and Techniques of Data Collection and Data Analysis, Statistical Methods, Computer Methods
Free Keywords
interactive voice response; sensitive topics; social desirability bias
Document language
English
Publication Year
2019
Page/Pages
p. 91-110
Journal
Methods, data, analyses : a journal for quantitative methods and survey methodology (mda), 13 (2019) 1
ISSN
2190-4936
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed