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Assessing Response Fatigue in Phone Surveys: Experimental Evidence on Dietary Diversity in Ethiopia

dc.contributor.authorAbay, Kibrom A.
dc.contributor.authorBerhane, Guush
dc.contributor.authorHoddinott, John
dc.contributor.authorTafere, Kibrom
dc.date.accessioned2021-04-22T14:46:00Z
dc.date.available2021-04-22T14:46:00Z
dc.date.issued2021-04
dc.description.abstractThe COVID-19 pandemic has spurred interest in the use of remote data collection techniques, including phone surveys, in developing country contexts. This interest has sparked new methodological work focusing on the advantages and disadvantages of different forms of remote data collection, the use of incentives to increase response rates, and how to address sample representativeness. By contrast, attention given to associated response fatigue and its implications remains limited. This study designed and implemented an experiment that randomized the placement of a survey module on women’s dietary diversity in the survey instrument. The study also examines potential differential vulnerabilities to fatigue across food groups and respondents. The findings show that delaying the timing of mothers’ food consumption module by 15 minutes leads to 8-17 percent decrease in the dietary diversity score and a 28 percent decrease in the number of mothers who consumed a minimum of four dietary groups. This is driven by underreporting of infrequently consumed foods; the experimentally induced delay in the timing of mothers’ food consumption module led to decreases of 40 and 11 percent in the reporting of consumption of animal source foods and fruits and vegetables, respectively. The results are robust to changes in model specification and pass falsification tests. Responses by older and less educated mothers and those from larger households are more vulnerable to measurement error due to fatigue.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/526651618930138065/Assessing-Response-Fatigue-in-Phone-Surveys-Experimental-Evidence-on-Dietary-Diversity-in-Ethiopia
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-9636
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/35483
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper;No. 9636
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectDIETARY DIVERSITY
dc.subjectPHONE SURVEY
dc.subjectRESPONSE FATIGUE
dc.subjectCORONAVIRUS
dc.subjectCOVID-19
dc.subjectDEMOGRAPHIC AND HEALTH SURVEY
dc.titleAssessing Response Fatigue in Phone Surveysen
dc.title.subtitleExperimental Evidence on Dietary Diversity in Ethiopiaen
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.typeDocument de travailfr
dc.typeDocumento de trabajoes
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okr.crossref.titleAssessing Response Fatigue in Phone Surveys: Experimental Evidence on Dietary Diversity in Ethiopia
okr.date.disclosure2021-04-20
okr.date.doiregistration2025-04-10T09:12:04.900707Z
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Policy Research Working Paper
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/526651618930138065/Assessing-Response-Fatigue-in-Phone-Surveys-Experimental-Evidence-on-Dietary-Diversity-in-Ethiopia
okr.guid526651618930138065
okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-9636
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum090224b0885bbebb_2_0
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum33012532
okr.identifier.reportWPS9636
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okr.pdfurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/526651618930138065/pdf/Assessing-Response-Fatigue-in-Phone-Surveys-Experimental-Evidence-on-Dietary-Diversity-in-Ethiopia.pdfen
okr.region.administrativeAfrica
okr.region.administrativeAfrica Eastern and Southern (AFE)
okr.region.countryEthiopia
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okr.statistics.dr526651618930138065
okr.statistics.drstats992
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population::Disease Control & Prevention
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population::Nutrition
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Poverty Monitoring & Analysis
okr.unitDevelopment Research Group, Development Economics
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