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

Fomby, Paula; Sastry, Narayan

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%T Data Collection on Sensitive Topics with Adolescents Using Interactive Voice Response Technology
%A Fomby, Paula
%A Sastry, Narayan
%J Methods, data, analyses : a journal for quantitative methods and survey methodology (mda)
%N 1
%P 91-110
%V 13
%D 2019
%K interactive voice response; sensitive topics; social desirability bias
%@ 2190-4936
%~ GESIS
%X 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.
%C DEU
%G en
%9 Zeitschriftenartikel
%W GESIS - http://www.gesis.org
%~ SSOAR - http://www.ssoar.info