Publication type
Understanding Society Working Paper Series
Series Number
2014-09
Series
Understanding Society Working Paper Series
Authors
Publication date
December 1, 2014
Abstract:
With decreasing survey response rates, increased costs, and tightened survey budgets, the linking of administrative records to survey data is seen as an important tool for research. The current study analyzes consent decisions in the first wave of Understanding Society: the UK Household Longitudinal Study. This study examines the decision to consent through theories of nonresponse such as those of Groves and Couper (1998). People are less likely to consent to health than to education records. However, there are few variables consistently related to consent. Results suggest that there is still much to be learned about the consent decision.
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