Das unterschätzte Potenzial hoher Fallzahlen - Stärken und Limitierungen des Mikrozensus am Beispiel von Fertilitätsanalysen
Titelübersetzung:The unrecognised potential of large N - strengths and limitations of the German Microcensus exemplified by fertility research
Autor/in:
Bujard, Martin; Dorbritz, Jürgen; Herter-Eschweiler, Robert; Lux, Linda
Quelle: Zeitschrift für Familienforschung, 27 (2015) 3, S 343-372
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Inhalt: "Aufgrund der hohen Fallzahlen (688.931 Personen in 2012) ist das Potenzial des Mikrozensus (MZ) für demografische und familiensoziologische Analysen groß, zudem inhaltlich durch die Erhebung der Geburten von Frauen noch gestiegen. Der Beitrag hat zum Ziel, methodische Hintergründe, Limitierungen und Potenziale des MZ am Beispiel von Fertilität systematisch aufzuzeigen. Die Analyse von Antwortverweigerungen zeigt, dass die Art der Befragung einen starken Einfluss hat, deren Verzerrungen durch Imputationen deutlich reduziert werden konnten. Die Limitierungen sind v.a. das Querschnittsdesign sowie die fehlenden Daten zur Kinderzahl von Männern und zur Binnenmobilität. Die hohen Fallzahlen des MZ ermöglichen tiefenscharfe Differenzierungen bezüglich Sozialstruktur, Paritäten und Zeitverläufe, was anhand von Konfidenzintervallen diskutiert wird. Drei Forschungsdesigns, die die Analysepotenziale nutzen, werden vorgestellt: Dendrogrammanalysen ermöglichen gruppenspezifische Differenzierungen nach fünf Ebenen und zeigen so ein detailliertes Muster der Kinderlosigkeit. Der Verlauf von Paritätsmustern im Kohortenvergleich verdeutlicht die je nach beruflicher Bildung unterschiedlichen Verläufe. Die Analysen zur altersspezifischen Häufigkeit von Erstgeburten ermöglichen, Trends von nachholenden Geburten für verschiedene Bildungsgruppen zu identifizieren." (Autorenreferat)
Inhalt: "Due to a large number of cases (688.931 persons in 2012) the German Microcensus has a huge potential for analyses in demography and family sociology. Content is further improved by the new voluntary question on biological children of women. This paper aims to systematically assess the methodological background as well as limitations and potentials of the Microcensus using the example of fertility data. The analyses of nonresponse show that the way of questioning has a strong impact. The related bias could, however, be reduced by imputations. The main limitations are the cross-sectional design and missing data on the children of men and internal migration. The potential of the high case numbers of the Microcensus is systematically discussed by analyzing confidence intervals: It allows for in-dept differentiations for analyzing social structure, birth parities and time patterns. Finally, we discuss three research designs which are able to use this potential: Dendrogram analyses allow group differentiations for up to five levels and thus reveal detailed patterns of childlessness. Parity patterns by cohorts illustrate differences by occupational education. Third, the age-specific analyses of first births among several cohorts allow for identifying trends of recuperation which differ considerable between educational groups." (author's abstract)
Schlagwörter:Mikrozensus; microcensus; Antwortverhalten; response behavior; Befragung; survey; Interview; interview; Datengewinnung; data capture; Schätzung; estimation; Kinderlosigkeit; childlessness; Fruchtbarkeit; fertility; Geburtenentwicklung; birth trend; Sozialstruktur; social structure; soziale Faktoren; social factors; demographische Faktoren; demographic factors; sozioökonomische Faktoren; socioeconomic factors; Bildungsniveau; level of education; Federal Republic of Germany; Imputationen
SSOAR Kategorie:Erhebungstechniken und Analysetechniken der Sozialwissenschaften, Familiensoziologie, Sexualsoziologie, Bevölkerung
Dokumenttyp:Zeitschriftenaufsatz
The impact of method bias on the cross-cultural comparability in face-to-face surveys among ethnic minorities
Autor/in:
Kappelhof, Joost W. S.
Quelle: Methods, data, analyses : a journal for quantitative methods and survey methodology (mda), 8 (2014) 1, S 79-118
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Inhalt: "This article investigates the impact of several sources of method bias on the cross-cultural comparison of attitudes towards gender roles and family ties among non-Western minority ethnic groups. In particular, it investigates how interviewer effects, the use of an interviewer with a shared ethnic background, interview language, interviewer gender, gender matching, the presence of others during the interview and differences in socio-demographic sample composition of non-Western minority ethnic groups affect the cross-cultural comparison of attitudes towards gender roles and family ties between these groups. The data used in this study come from a large scale face-to face survey conducted among the four largest non-Western minority ethnic groups in The Netherlands for which Statistics Netherlands drew a random sample of named individuals from each of the four largest non-Western minority populations living in The Netherlands. Furthermore, methods are introduced to estimate the potential impact of method bias on cross cultural comparisons. The results show that measurement of both gender roles and family ties constructs are full scalar invariant across the different ethnic groups, but that observed differences in attitudes between ethnic groups especially towards gender roles are influenced by method bias. This in turn leads to biased comparisons between ethnic groups because of differences in the size of the various sources of method bias, the differential impact of the same method bias between ethnic groups and the combination thereof." (author's abstract)
Schlagwörter:ethnische Gruppe; ethnic group; Minderheit; minority; Befragung; survey; Interview; interview; Geschlechtsrolle; gender role; Familie; family; Niederlande; Netherlands; soziale Integration; social integration; kulturelle Integration; cultural integration; interkultureller Vergleich; intercultural comparison; Forschungsreaktivität; reactivity effect; Antwortverhalten; response behavior; Umfrageforschung; survey research; methods bias; non-Western ethnic minorities; incomparability of samples; multi group Mimic
SSOAR Kategorie:Erhebungstechniken und Analysetechniken der Sozialwissenschaften
Dokumenttyp:Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Testing the Validity of Gender Ideology Items by Implementing Probing Questions in Web Surveys
Autor/in:
Behr, Dorothée; Braun, Michael; Kaczmirek, Lars; Bandilla, Wolfgang
Quelle: Field Methods, 25 (2013) 2, S 124-141
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Inhalt: This article examines the use of probing techniques in web surveys to identify validity problems of items. Conventional cognitive interviewing is usually based on small sample sizes and thus precludes quantifying the findings in a meaningful way or testing small or special subpopulations characterized by their response behavior. This article investigates probing in web surveys as a supplementary way to look at item validity. Data come from a web survey in which respondents were asked to give reasons for selecting a response category for a closed question. The web study was conducted in Germany, with respondents drawn from online panels (n = 1,023). The usefulness of the proposed approach is shown by revealing validity problems with a gender ideology item.
Schlagwörter:Befragung; survey; Online-Befragung; online survey; Gender; gender; Ideologie; ideology; Validität; validity; Panel; panel; Antwortverhalten; response behavior; Fehler; error; Deutungsmuster; pattern of interpretation; Interpretation; interpretation; Analyse; analysis; Indikator; indicator; Egalitarismus; egalitarianism; Rollenverteilung; role distribution; Rollenverständnis; role conception; ISSP; ISSP; Federal Republic of Germany; probing; web survey; gender ideology; ZA3880: International Social Survey Programme: Family and Changing Gender Roles III - ISSP 2002
SSOAR Kategorie:Erhebungstechniken und Analysetechniken der Sozialwissenschaften
Dokumenttyp:Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Personalisation in advance letters does not always increase response rates: demographic correlates in a large scale experiment
Titelübersetzung:Personalisierung in Voraus-Briefen erhöhen nicht immer die Antwortraten: demographische Korrelationen in einem Großversuch
Autor/in:
Luiten, Annemieke
Quelle: Survey Research Methods, 5 (2011) 1, S 11-20
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Inhalt: "This study was set up to examine whether personalizing advance letters by adding names and appropriate salutation, affects the survey cooperation of subgroups in the general population differently, in analogy to findings that subgroups react differently to advance letters. Differential reactions could be an explanation for the mixed findings in the literature on personalization of advance or cover letters. In a large scale study (N=39,518), information in communal registries was used to study (non)response patterns in subgroups, as a result of personalization. Advance letters of the Dutch CAPI Labor Force Survey were randomly assigned to addresses. In the non-personalized version (N=30,899), letters were addressed to 'the inhabitants of '. In the personalized version (N=8,619), the name or names of the household core were derived from municipal registries and used for addressing the letter. A re-interview addressed the issue whether the advance letter was read by more households when the household was addressed by name. By linking the sample to registries, it was possible to study response behavior of subgroups. The study focused on groups the literature indicates as differentially reacting to advance letters, i.e., different age, ethnic, gender, household composition and income groups, and groups with or without a listed telephone number. Hardly any difference in the overall level of cooperation was found if either a personalized or non-personalized letter was used. However, differential reactions were found for listed versus unlisted telephone owners, where only listed households reacted positively to personalization. In the other subgroups studied, no firm evidence of differential reactions were found. The paper discusses what these results signify for sample composition and the risk of bias." (author's abstract)
Schlagwörter:Umfrageforschung; survey research; Brief; letter; Text; text; Personalisierung; personalization; Antwortverhalten; response behavior; Befragung; survey; statistische Methode; statistical method; Bevölkerung; population; Privathaushalt; private household; Niederlande; Netherlands; gender; Wirkung; effect
SSOAR Kategorie:Erhebungstechniken und Analysetechniken der Sozialwissenschaften
Dokumenttyp:Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Sozial erwünschtes Antwortverhalten bezüglich der Teilung häuslicher Arbeit: die Interaktion von Interviewergeschlecht und Befragtenmerkmalen in Telefoninterviews
Titelübersetzung:Social desirability and response bias in case of the division of household labour: the interaction between gender of the interviewer and respondent characteristics in telephone interviews
Autor/in:
Klein, Markus; Kühhirt, Michael
Quelle: Methoden, Daten, Analysen (mda), 4 (2010) 2, S 79-104
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Inhalt: "Der Beitrag untersucht den Einfluss des Interviewergeschlechts auf das Antwortverhalten von Befragten bezüglich der Teilung häuslicher Arbeit in telefonischen Interviews. Aufgrund einer Diskrepanz zwischen öffentlich vertretenen egalitären Geschlechterrollen und der noch immer geringen männlichen Beteiligung an der Hausarbeit wird auf Basis von Rational-Choice Argumenten erwartet, dass männliche Befragte bei weiblichen Interviewern sozial erwünscht antworten und ihre Beteiligung an der Hausarbeit überschätzen. Dagegen ist anzunehmen, dass Frauen ihren relativen Anteil an der partnerschaftlichen Hausarbeit eher unterschätzen. Interviewereffekte des Geschlechts sollten bei weiblichen Befragten jedoch geringer ausfallen als bei Männern. Da sich vor allem junge bzw. gebildete Befragte egalitärer Rollenvorstellungen bewusst sind, sollten vor allem diese Gruppen anfällig für derartige Interviewereffekte sein. Für männliche Befragte entsprechen die Ergebnisse weitestgehend den Erwartungen, wobei das Interviewergeschlecht in Abhängigkeit vom Alter des Befragten die stärkeren Effekte zeigt. Für weibliche Befragte zeigen sich über alle Altersgruppen und Bildungsabschlüsse dagegen keine signifikanten Effekte. Die Ergebnisse verdeutlichen, dass sozial erwünschtes Antwortverhalten auch bei Auskünften über konkretes Alltagshandeln auftreten kann. Hinzu kommt eine beträchtliche Heterogenität der Effekte über unterschiedliche Bevölkerungsgruppen." (Autorenreferat)
Inhalt: "In this paper the authors examine the impact of the interviewer's gender on respondents' self-reported share of housework in telephone interviews. Due to a discrepancy between modern, egalitarian gender roles dominating public discussion and men's marginal participation in housework they expect male respondents to answer in a socially desirable way and exaggerate their share of housework vis à vis female interviewers. At the same time, they assume that female respondents underreport their contribution to the couple's housework to female interviewers. The effects of the interviewer's gender should be less strong in case of female respondents than in case of male respondents, though. Additionally, theory suggests that young and educated respondents are particularly susceptible to effects of the interviewer's gender as they are most aware of egalitarian gender roles due to their socialization and environment. For male respondents the results are largely consistent with the expectations. However, the effect of the interviewer's gender varies stronger by age than by education. Regarding female respondents the results do not indicate any significant effects across age groups and educational degrees. Overall, the results show that social desirability may also bias self-reports of everyday behaviour. Moreover, interviewer effects vary considerably between different social groups." (author's abstract)
Schlagwörter:Erwartung; education; Arbeitsteilung; regression analysis; interview; Hausarbeit; housework; expectation; telephone interview; Partnerschaft; social desirability; man; Telefoninterview; Lebensalter; Bildung; Antwortverhalten; gender; Regressionsanalyse; survey; Forschungsreaktivität; division of labor; Befragung; Familie; soziale Erwünschtheit; partnership; Interview; woman; Mann; family; response behavior; reactivity effect; gender-specific factors; age
SSOAR Kategorie:Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung, Erhebungstechniken und Analysetechniken der Sozialwissenschaften
Dokumenttyp:Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Differential response rates in postal and web-based surveys in older respondents
Titelübersetzung:Unterschiedliche Antwortraten bei postalischen und webbasierten Untersuchungen bei älteren Befragten
Autor/in:
Bech, Mickael; Kristensen, Morton Bo
Quelle: Survey Research Methods, 3 (2009) 1, S 1-6
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Inhalt: "Response rates were compared across a postal and a web-based survey containing the same questions about preferences for future for the design of future nursing homes which were sent to a random sample of 10.000 individuals aged 50-75 years. The 10.000 individuals were randomly allocated to receive a postal questionnaire or a letter with a web link to an online version of the same questionnaire. The web-based survey gave a significantly lower response rate than the postal survey. The web-based version improved the sample representativeness with respect to gender but worsened the representativeness with respect to age. Respondents' characteristics in the web-based survey differed significantly from those of respondents in the postal survey with respect to income, education, civil status and health status. The web-based version improved data quality by significantly lowering the number of item non-response and 'don't know' answers. Respondents found it easier to answer the web-based survey. The cost per response was significantly higher for the web-based survey because of the significantly lower response rate compared to the postal survey." (author's abstract)
Schlagwörter:website; alter Mensch; Internet; Pflegeheim; postalische Befragung; Denmark; Datenqualität; questionnaire; data quality; Dänemark; Fragebogen; Antwortverhalten; cost-benefit analysis; representativity; survey; future; Befragung; Zukunft; Website; Kosten-Nutzen-Analyse; Repräsentativität; Internet; mail survey; elderly; response behavior; nursing home
SSOAR Kategorie:Forschungsarten der Sozialforschung, Erhebungstechniken und Analysetechniken der Sozialwissenschaften
Dokumenttyp:Zeitschriftenaufsatz