Survey Methodology Bulletin 58 - August 2006

Survey Methodology Bulletin 58 – August 2006 986.5 Kb Pdf document

This is a special interim edition of the Survey Methodology Bulletin. It is comprised of several papers about a project on converting questions on social capital from an interviewer-administered to a self-administered postal format, which incorporated a number of different strands.

Contents:

  1. The impact of mode on the comparability of survey data
    Zeeshan Rahman and Abigail Dewar
  2. Developing a postal questionnaire on social capital
    Abigail Dewar and Amanda Wilmot
  3. Maximising response to a postal survey on social capital
    Abigail Dewar
  4. In search of a population sampling frame for UK postal surveys
    Sarah Tipping and Gerry Nicolaas
  5. Population coverage and response rates for a postal survey on social capital
    Gerry Nicolaas
  6. Mode effects in social capital surveys
    Gerry Nicolaas and Sarah Tipping
  7. Developing harmonised questions for use in a mixed-mode data collection environment
    Amanda Wilmot and Abigail Dewar

Survey Methodology Bulletin 58 – Supporting Documentation 1.46 Mb Pdf document

Includes the prototype and final versions of the survey materials (except the final questionnaire – see below), and a brief description of propensity score matching.

Survey Methodology Bulletin 58 – Social Capital Postal Survey Questionnaire 75.7 Kb Pdf document

The final version of the self-administered postal questionnaire.

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