Dr Jonathan Burton Associate Director, Surveys, University of Essex

Email

jburton@essex.ac.uk

Telephone

01206 872266

Office

2N2.5A.02

Position

Jonathan Burton is the Understanding Society Associate Director, Surveys and is responsible for the management of the survey.

Research Interests

• Survey methods, particularly survey participation, willingess to consent to data linkage, use of technology and mobile devices in surveys, and mixed-mode studies.

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Publications

Displaying publications 16 - 30 of 97 in total

1. An adaptive design approach to web fieldwork on the UK Household Longitudinal Study

   Hannah Carpenter and Jonathan Burton

   Conference Paper, 7th Conference of the European Survey Research Association, Lisbon, Portugal, July 17-21, 2017 - 19 Jul 2017

2. Overview of open access European survey data 3: the UK Household Longitudinal Study

   Jonathan Burton

   Conference Paper, 7th Conference of the European Survey Research Association, Lisbon, Portugal, July 17-21, 2017 - 18 Jul 2017

3. Understanding Society Innovation Panel Wave 9: results from methodological experiments

   Michaela Benzeval, Annamaria Bianchi, Mike Brewer, et al.

   Understanding Society Working Paper Series, 2017-07 - 07 Jul 2017 - download  

4. Using an App to collect detailed expenditure data in a probability household panel survey: response rates, response biases and measurement quality

   Annette Jäckle, Carli Lessof, Jonathan Burton, et al.

   Conference Paper, American Association for Public Opinion Research 72nd Annual Conference, May 18–21, 2017, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA - 20 May 2017
   1. Information And Communication Technologies
   2. Survey Methodology

5. Fieldwork experiments to boost web response

   Jonathan Burton

   Conference Paper, Mixing modes and measurement methods in longitudinal studies - 03 Nov 2016

6. Results for web/face-to-face linkage consent questions in the Innovation Panel

   Jonathan Burton

   Conference Paper, Mixing modes and measurement methods in longitudinal studies - 03 Nov 2016

7. Do interviewers’ attitudes towards sharing personal information affect the consent rate they achieve?

   Jonathan Burton and Tarek Al Baghal

   Conference Paper, 5th Panel Survey Methods Workshop, Berlin, June 20-21, 2016 - 20 Jun 2016

8. Full house: trying to encourage whole-household web-completion

   Jonathan Burton

   Conference Paper, International Field Directors and Technologies 50th Annual Conference, 15-18 May 2016, Austin, Texas - 17 May 2016

9. Understanding Society Innovation Panel Wave 7: Results from Methodological Experiments

   Annelies G. Blom, Jonathan Burton, Cara L. Booker, et al.

   Understanding Society Working Paper Series, 2015-03 - 09 Jun 2015 - download  

10. Going online with a face-to-face household panel: effects of a mixed mode design on item and unit non-response

    Annette Jäckle, Peter Lynn, and Jonathan Burton

    Journal Article, Survey Research Methods - 2015
    1. Information And Communication Technologies
    2. Survey Methodology

11. Mixed modes data collection

    Jonathan Burton

    Conference Paper, Contemporary Data Collection: opportunities and challenges - 16 Apr 2015

12. The feasibility of conducting a Universal Credit panel survey

    Heather Laurie, Nick Buck, Jonathan Burton, et al.

    Report, DWP ad hoc Research Reports, 22 - Mar 2015
    1. Public Policy
    2. Welfare Benefits
    3. Government
    4. Survey Methodology
    5. Research

13. Linking administrative records to surveys: differences in the correlates to consent decisions

    Tarek Al Baghal, Gundi Knies, and Jonathan Burton

    Understanding Society Working Paper Series, 2014-09 - 01 Dec 2014 - download  
    1. Education
    2. Survey Methodology
    3. Health

14. Analysis of four studies in a comparative framework reveals: health linkage consent rates on British cohort studies higher than on UK household panel surveys

    Gundi Knies and Jonathan Burton

    Journal Article, BMC Medical Research Methodology - 27 Nov 2014
    1. Survey Methodology
    2. Health

15. Propensity to consent to data linkage: experimental evidence on the role of three survey design features in a UK longitudinal panel

    Emanuela Sala, Gundi Knies, and Jonathan Burton

    Journal Article, International Journal of Social Research Methodology - Sep 2014

Media

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1. Reports outline ethnic research from University of Essex

   Media - circa 2010

2. Reports outline ethnic research from University of Essex

   Media - circa 2010

3. Equality slowly added to field of economics

   Media - 25 Jan 2002