The Effect of Incentives on Response Rates and Panel Attrition: Results of a Controlled Experiment

Steadily declining response rates lead to an increased usage of incentives in all kind of surveys. As for mail surveys, much empirical evidence supporting the usage of unconditional incentives is available (Berk, Mathiowetz, Ward and White 1987; Church 1993). For face-to-face studies, however, fewer...

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Main Authors: Laura Castiglioni, Klaus Pforr, Ulrich Krieger
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: European Survey Research Association 2008-12-01
Series:Survey Research Methods
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Online Access:https://ojs.ub.uni-konstanz.de/srm/article/view/599