Researchers and policy makers face significant challenges in selecting a method to conduct remote surveys, especially when collecting sensitive information or during turbulent life stages of hard-to-reach groups. In the context of the COVID-19 lockdown, this study randomly selected about 600 adults...

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Main Author:	Amaral, Sofia (Author)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, D.C The World Bank 2022
Subjects:	Alternative Survey Methods Gender Gender and Social Policy Gender Survey Response Rate Household Survey Response Rate ICT Data and Statistics ICT Policy and Strategies Information and Communication Technologies Phone Surveys Post-Covid Household Survey Rural Communications Rural Development Survey Experiments Survey Response Rate Whatsapp Surveys
Online Access:	Volltext
Summary:	Researchers and policy makers face significant challenges in selecting a method to conduct remote surveys, especially when collecting sensitive information or during turbulent life stages of hard-to-reach groups. In the context of the COVID-19 lockdown, this study randomly selected about 600 adults in El Salvador to survey using two different tools: telephone interviews or a self-completion survey via WhatsApp. The findings show that phone-based surveys increase the rate of survey completion by 42 percentage points. Even larger effects are documented for women and older adults. Although the direct costs of phone-based surveys are substantially higher-doubling implementation cost-the estimates imply that when adjusted for the probability of completion, the costs of conducting phone-based surveys can be 25 percent lower
Physical Description:	1 Online-Ressource (50 Seiten)
DOI:	10.1596/1813-9450-9999