ISSP Non-Response Working Group

Detailed records of response and non-response are essential components of documentation needed to be able to assess survey quality. The ISSP non-response group was set up to work out internationally viable descriptions and categories for outcome codes for cross-national research. Members of the group are US (chair), Germany, Great Britain, and Slovenia. The definitions proposed by the leading American survey association AAPOR were taken as a starting point for the ISSP codes. Cross-nationally valid codes are, however, necessarily somewhat more complex than codes and descriptions developed for a national context. For details of the project and its current status contact Tom W. Smith.