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Does the payment of incentives create expectation effects?

Verursacht die Bezahlung von Befragten Erwartungseffekte?
[conference paper]

Singer, Eleanor
Hoewyk, John van
Maher, Mary P.

Corporate Editor
Zentrum für Umfragen, Methoden und Analysen -ZUMA-

Abstract

Die Tendenz, Befragte für ihre Teilnahme an Umfragen zu bezahlen, lässt verschiedene nicht intendierte Folgen befürchten, so die Erwartung zukünftiger Zahlungen und die Möglichkeit einer Verschlechterung der Antwortqualität. Die Ergebnisse dieser Untersuchung sind eher beruhigend, was diese beiden P... view more

Die Tendenz, Befragte für ihre Teilnahme an Umfragen zu bezahlen, lässt verschiedene nicht intendierte Folgen befürchten, so die Erwartung zukünftiger Zahlungen und die Möglichkeit einer Verschlechterung der Antwortqualität. Die Ergebnisse dieser Untersuchung sind eher beruhigend, was diese beiden Punkte angeht. Zwar stimmen Befragte, die schon einmal für ihre Teilnahme an einer Umfrage bezahlt worden sind, häufiger dem Statement "Man sollte für die Teilnahme an solchen Umfragen bezahlt werden" zu, sie beteiligen sich jedoch auch ohne weitere Zahlungen überdurchschnittlich oft an weiteren Untersuchungen. Befragte, die vor sechs Monaten eine Zahlung erhielten, verweigern die Beantwortung einer Batterie von achtzehn Fragen über diese Untersuchung nicht mit höherer Wahrscheinlichkeit als Befragte, die keine Zahlung erhielten. Darüber hinaus äußern sie häufiger positive Einstellungen zum Nutzen von "Untersuchungen wie dieser". Es ist jedoch noch zu untersuchen, in wie weit diese Ergebnisse verallgemeinerbar sind. (ICEÜbers)... view less


"Increasing use of incentive payments to survey respondents raises the threat of several unintended consequences, among them the creation of expectations for future payments and the possibility of a deterioration in the quality of response. The findings from the present study are somewhat reassuring... view more

"Increasing use of incentive payments to survey respondents raises the threat of several unintended consequences, among them the creation of expectations for future payments and the possibility of a deterioration in the quality of response. The findings from the present study are somewhat reassuring with respect to both of these unintended outcomes. Although people who have received a monetary incentive in the past are significantly more likely to agree that 'people should be paid for doing surveys like this', they are also more likely to participate in a subsequent survey, in spite of receiving no further payments. And respondents who received an incentive six months earlier are no more likely than those who received no incentive to refuse to answer (or to answer don't know to) a series of eighteen key questions an the survey. Furthermore, they are more likely than other respondents to express favourable attitudes toward the usefulness of 'surveys like this'. The generality of these findings, however, needs much further testing." (author's abstract)... view less

Keywords
interview; response behavior; reactivity effect; honorarium

Classification
Methods and Techniques of Data Collection and Data Analysis, Statistical Methods, Computer Methods

Method
empirical; quantitative empirical; basic research; development of methods

Free Keywords
incentives; nonresponse; survey participation; quality of response; attitudes toward surveys

Collection Title
Nonresponse in survey research : proceedings of the Eighth International Workshop on Household Survey Nonresponse, 24-16 September 1997

Editor
Koch, Achim; Porst, Rolf

Conference
8. International Workshop on Household Survey Nonresponse. Mannheim, 1997

Document language
English

Publication Year
1998

City
Mannheim

Page/Pages
p. 229-237

Series
ZUMA-Nachrichten Spezial, 4

ISBN
3-924220-15-8

Status
Published Version; reviewed

Licence
Deposit Licence - No Redistribution, No Modifications


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