Does survey mode matter? Comparing in-person and phone agricultural surveys in India.
J Dev Econ
; 166: 103199, 2024 Jan.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-38164439
ABSTRACT
Ubiquitous mobile phone ownership makes phone surveying an attractive method of low-cost data collection. We explore differences between in-person and phone survey measures of agricultural production collected for an impact evaluation in India. Phone responses have greater mean and variance, a difference that persists even within a subset of respondents that answered the same question over both modes. Treatment effect estimation remains stable across survey mode, but estimates are less precise when using phone data. These patterns are informative for cost and sample size considerations in study design and for aggregating evidence across study sites or time periods.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Language:
En
Journal:
J Dev Econ
Year:
2024
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Article
Affiliation country:
Estados Unidos