{"title":"Data Collection on Sensitive Topics with Adolescents Using Interactive Voice Response Technology.","authors":"Paula Fomby, Narayan Sastry","doi":"10.12758/mda.2018.05","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We describe the development and implementation of a survey administered using interactive voice response (IVR) technology to collect information on sensitive topics in a US national sample of adolescents age 12-17. Respondents were participants in the Panel Study of Income Dynamics 2014 Child Development Supplement (N=1,098). We review questionnaire design, fieldwork protocols, data quality and completeness, and respondent burden. We find that in the context of research on sensitive topics with adolescents, IVR is a cost-efficient and flexible method of data collection that yields high survey response rates and low item nonresponse rates with distributions on key variables that are comparable to other national studies.</p>","PeriodicalId":44460,"journal":{"name":"Methods Data Analyses","volume":"13 1","pages":"91-110"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4000,"publicationDate":"2019-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6482824/pdf/nihms-1019093.pdf","citationCount":"2","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Methods Data Analyses","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.12758/mda.2018.05","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"SOCIAL SCIENCES, MATHEMATICAL METHODS","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
We describe the development and implementation of a survey administered using interactive voice response (IVR) technology to collect information on sensitive topics in a US national sample of adolescents age 12-17. Respondents were participants in the Panel Study of Income Dynamics 2014 Child Development Supplement (N=1,098). We review questionnaire design, fieldwork protocols, data quality and completeness, and respondent burden. We find that in the context of research on sensitive topics with adolescents, IVR is a cost-efficient and flexible method of data collection that yields high survey response rates and low item nonresponse rates with distributions on key variables that are comparable to other national studies.