Interagency Household
Survey Nonresponse Group (IHSNG)
- IHSNG's
Purpose and History
- Work Products (see disclaimer)
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Using Census Match Data to Evaluate Models of Survey Nonresponse. Dixon, J. A paper presented
at the Annual Meetings of the American Statistical Association (ASA), August 8-12, 2004. [PDF]
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Action at a Distance: Interviewer Effort and Nonresponse in the SCF. Kennickell, A. A paper presented at the Annual Meetings of the American Statistical
Association (ASA), August 8-12, 2004. [PDF]
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Contact Histories: A Tool for Understanding Attrition in Panel Surveys. Bates, N. A paper presented at the 59th Annual AAPOR Conference, May 11-13, 2004. [PDF]
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Nonresponse Bias in a Travel Survey of Nontelephone Households. Russell, J., Bose, J. and Giesbrecht, L. A paper presented at the 59th Annual AAPOR Conference, May 11-13, 2004. [PDF]
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Quality at the Item Level: Terms, Methods, and Guidelines for Cross-Survey Comparisons. Dahlhamer, J., Dixon, J.,
Doyle, P., Eargle, J., Griffin, D. and McGovern, P. A paper presented at the Federal Committee on Survey Methodology Research Conference, November 17-19, 2003. [PDF]
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Partials and Break-Offs in the National Health Interview Survey, 2002. Stussman, B., Taylor, L. and Riddick, H.
A paper presented at the Federal Committee on Survey Methodology Research Conference, November 17-19, 2003. [PDF]
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IHSNG Memo on Response Rates in CATI Surveys. Bates, N. and Dixon J. August 25, 2003. [PDF]
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Quality Assessment of Data Collected from Non-English Speaking Households in the American Community Survey.
McGovern, P. and Griffin, D. In Proceedings of the Annual Meetings of the American Statistical Association (ASA), August 3-7, 2003. [PDF]
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Can the ACS Trust Using Respondent Data to Impute Data for Survey Nonrespondents? Are Nonrespondents to the
ACS Different from Respondents? Leslie, T. Raglin, D. and Bracker, E. In Proceedings of the Annual Meetings of the American Statistical Association (ASA), August 3-7, 2003. [PDF]
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Using Call Records to Study Sources of Nonresponse Bias in Consumer Expenditure Surveys. Dixon, J. and Figueroa, E. In Proceedings
of the Annual Meetings of the American Statistical Association (ASA), AAPOR Conference, May 15-18, 2003. [PDF]
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Contact Histories in Personal Visit Surveys: The Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) Methods Panel.
Bates, N. In Proceedings of the Annual Meetings of the American Statistical Association (ASA), AAPOR Conference, May 15-18, 2003. [PDF]
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Calculation of Nonresponse for Telephone Panel Surveys. Sangster, R.L. Presented for the 13th International Workshop on Household Survey Nonresponse
Copenhagen Aug. 29-31, 2002. [PDF]
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Item Response
Rates: One Indicator of How Well We Measure Income. Atrostic, B.K. and
Kalenkoski,C. In proceedings of the annual meetings of the American Statistical Association (ASA), August 11-15, 2002. [PDF]
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Nonresponse Bias Analysis of Longitudinal Data: Results from an Early Childhood Longitudinal Study. Bose, J. and West, J.
In proceedings of the annual meetings of the American Statistical Association (ASA), August 11-15, 2002. [PDF]
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The Effects of Item and Unit Nonresponse on Estimates of Labor Force Participation. Dixon, J. In Proceeding of the Annual Meetings of the ASA, August 11-15, 2002. [PDF]
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Measuring Survey Nonresponse by Race and Ethnicity. Griffin, D. In Proceeding of the Annual Meetings of the ASA, August 11-15, 2002. [PDF]
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Interviewer Training to Increase Survey Participation. O'Brien, E.M., Mayer, T.S., and Groves, R.M. In Proceeding of the Annual Meetings of the ASA, August 11-15, 2002. [PDF]
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Nonresponse Bias in the Consumer Expenditure Quarterly Survey. Dixon, J. A paper presented at the American Association for Public Opinion Research, annual conference, May 16-19, 2002. In Proceeding of the Annual Meetings of the ASA, August 11-15, 2002. [PDF]
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Response
Rate Summit: National Health Interview and Consumer Expenditure
Quarterly Surveys. U.S. Census Bureau and the IHSNG.
February 21-22, Arlington, VA., 2002. [PDF]
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Late/Difficult Cases in Demographic Survey Interviews Worth the
Effort? A Review of Several Federal Surveys. Duhart, D.,
Bates, N. , Williams, B., Diffendal, G. and Chiu, P. In
Proceedings of the Federal Committee on Statistical Methodology
Research Conference, November 14, 2001. [PDF]
- Nonresponse
in U.S. Government Household Surveys: Consistent Measures,
Recent Trends, and New Insights. Atrostic, B.K., Bates, N.
Burt, G. and Silberstein, A.. Journal of Official Statistics,
Vol. 17, No. 2, 2001. [PDF]
- Nonresponse Bias Analyses at the National Center for Education Statistics.
Bose, J. In proceedings of Statistics Canada Symposium, 2001. [PDF]
- Analysis of Potential Nonresponse Bias.
Brick, J. M., and Bose, J. In proceedings of the annual meetings of the American Statistical Association (ASA), August 5-9, 2001. [PDF]
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Comparison of Characteristics Between Late/Difficult and
Non-Late/Difficult Interviews in the National Health Interview
Survey. Chiu, P., Riddick, H. and Hardy, A. In Proceedings
of the Annual Meetings of the American Statistical Association,
August 5-9, 2001. [PDF]
- Relationship
Between Household Nonresponse, Demographics and the Unemployment
Rate in the Current Population Survey. Dixon, J. In
Proceedings of the Annual Meetings of the American Statistical
Association, August 5-9, 2001. [PDF]
- The
Hard to Interview in the American Community Survey.
Diffendal, G. In Proceedings of the Annual Meetings of the
American Statistical Association, August 5-9, 2001. [PDF]
- The
Use of Targeted Incentives to Reluctant Respondents on Response
Rates and Data Quality. Kay, W., Selvavel, K. and McMahan,
M. In Proceedings of the Annual Meetings of the American
Statistical Association, August 5-9, 2001. [PDF]
- Interviewer Refusal Aversion Training to Increase Survey Participation.
Mayer, T.S. and O'Brien, E. In Proceedings of the Annual Meetings of the American Statistical Association, August 5-9, 2001. [PDF]
- Survey Nonresponse: New Definitions and Measurement Methods. Bates,
N., Doyle, P. and Winters, F. In Statistical Policy Working
Paper 32. Seminar on Integrating Federal Statistical Information
and Processes. Office of Management and Budget, April 2001. [PDF]
- Case
Characteristics for the Study of Reasons for Nonresponse: IHSNG,
Subgroup 2 Report. Smilay, S. et al. Unpublished report of
the Interagency Household Survey Nonresponse Group, February,
2001. [PDF]
- Effect
of Reducing the Data Collection Period on the Consumer
Expenditure Quarterly Survey Response Rates. Smilay, S. In
Proceedings of the Annual Meetings of the American Statistical
Association, August 13-17, 2000. [PDF]
- The
Last Five Percent: What Can We Learn from Difficult Interviews?
Bates, N. and Crieghton, K. In Proceedings of the Annual
Meetings of the American Statistical Association, August 13-17,
2000. [PDF]
- The
Relationship Between Household Moving, Nonresponse and the
Unemployment Rates in the Current Population Survey. Dixon,
J. In Proceedings of the Annual Meetings of the American
Statistical Association, August 13-17, 2000. [PDF]
- Modeling
Household and Interviewer Nonresponse Rates from Household and
Regional Characteristics. Dixon, J. and Tucker, C. A paper
presented at the International Workshop on Household Survey
Nonresponse, Budapest, September, 2000. Tables [PDF]
- Initial
versus Subsequent Nonresponse in Panel Surveys: IHSNG Final
Report of Subgroup #3. Silberstein, A. et al. Unpublished
report of the Interagency Household Survey Nonresponse Group,
November, 1999. [PDF]
- Nonresponse
in Federal Household Surveys: New Measures and New Insights.
Atrostic, B.K., Bates, N., Burt, G. and Winters, F. A paper
presented at the International Conference on Survey Nonresponse,
Portland, OR, October, 1999. [PDF]
- Household Nonresponse: What We Have Learned and a Framework for Further
Work. Atrostic, B.K. and Burt, G. In Statistical Policy
Working Paper 28, Statistical Policy Office, Office of
Management and Budget, April 1999. [PDF]
For more information about the IHSNG, please contact one of the
committee co-chairs for 2004-2005:
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