Evaluation of Mail Questionnaires for Obtaining Data from More Than One Respondent in a Household.

Carpenter, Edwin H.

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ERIC Number: EJ162867

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Publication Date: 1977

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Evaluation of Mail Questionnaires for Obtaining Data from More Than One Respondent in a Household

Carpenter, Edwin H.

Rural Sociology, 42, 2, 250-59, Sum 77

A comparison of two-questionnaire households to one-questionnaire households indicates that: the former had a lower response rate; item nonresponse was similar; characteristics of responding households were similar; data-gathering costs were increased somewhat but remained miniscule compared to in-person interviews; and in 26 percent of the households, one writer completed both forms. (Author/JC)

Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Costs, Evaluation, Family (Sociological Unit), Heads of Households, Questionnaires, Responses

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