Methods for improving participation rates in national self-administered web/mail surveys: Evidence from the United States.

ABSTRACT: In the United States, increasing access to the internet, the increasing costs of large-scale face-to-face data collections, and the general reluctance of the public to participate in intrusive in-person data collections all mean that new approaches to nationally representative surveys are urgently needed. The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the need for faster, higher-quality alternatives to face-to-face data collection. These trends place a high priority on the evaluation of innovative web-based data collection methods that are convenient for the U.S. public and yield scientific information of high quality. The web mode is particularly appealing because it is relatively inexpensive, it is logistically flexible to implement, and it affords a high level of privacy and confidentiality when cor

SUBMITTER: West BT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10403122 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature