Nonresponse in surveys like Understanding Society is the focus of an international event being held today and tomorrow in London and co-organised by ISER and NatCen.
The International Workshop on Household Survey Nonresponse brings together a range of experts and interested parties involved in household surveys to encourage co-operation on research projects seeking to address the issues surrounding non response, such as participants refusing to take part or dropping out.
A special session has been devoted to nonresponse on Understanding Society and presentations on the survey include:
- The role of mode in respondents’ decisions about participation in the fifth wave of Understanding Society’s Innovation Panel: findings from a qualitative follow up study
- Non-contact and refusal among immigrants: Wave 2 attrition in Understanding Society Targeting households to issue to web to maximize web full household response
- The role of email addresses and email contact in encouraging CAWI response in a mixed mode design