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Can Post-Stratification Adjustments Do Enough to Reduce Bias in Telephone Surveys that Do Not Sample Cell Phones? It Depends

Publication Year: 
2010

Presentation by Kathleen Thiede Call at the American Association for Public Opinion Research Annual Conference (AAPOR), in Chicago, IL, May 15 2010.

Can Post-Stratification Adjustments Correct Bias in Traditional RDD Estimates?

Publication Year: 
2009

Presentation by Kathleen Thiede Call at AAPOR in Hollywood, FL, May 14 2009.

New Wireless Substitution Estimates Released

May 7, 2009. The National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) released the latest wireless substitution estimates yesterday, reflecting data from July-December 2008.  This information has been collected in the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) since 2003 and reported every six months as part of NCHS's Early Release Program.  This is the only nationwide estimate of the prevalence of wireless-only households available for researchers.

New Wireless Substition Issue Brief Released

March 12, 2009.  SHADAC has released a new issue brief, "The Impact of Wireless-only Households on State Surveys of Health Insurance Coverage."  This brief examines the increasing prevalence of cell phone coverage in the U.S., and the consequent increase in the number of people who use their cell phone in place of a landline.  The brief coincides with a report released by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) providing modeled state-level estima

State-level Wireless-only Estimates

March 12, 2009. Most of us who work in the health survey field have been aware of the increasing number of households that rely on cell phones and do not have traditional landline phones, with the latest estimates showing over 17% of U.S. households as wireless-only. This creates challenges for telephone surveys as the cell phones samples are more difficult and costly to reach but important to have in a representative sample.

The Impact of Wireless-only Households on State Surveys of Health Insurance Coverage

Publication Year: 
2009

SHADAC's Issue Brief #15 examines the increasing prevalence of cell phone coverage in the U.S., and the consequent increase in the number of people who use their cell phone in place of a landline.  The wireless-only trend makes it difficult to reach target populations and may eventually threaten the quality of the data collected.  This issue brief documents the survey research issues posed by the increase in wireless-only coverage in the U.S. and highlights the challenges posed by this environment and potential solutions.  March 2009.

Can post-stratification adjustments correct bias in traditional RDD estimates

Publication Year: 
2009

Presentation by Kathleen Thiede Call at the 2009 SHADAC State Survey Workshop in Washington, DC, January 13 2009.

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