Evaluating Substitution as a Strategy for Handling U.S. Postal Service Drop Points in Self-Administered Address-Based Sampling Frame Surveys

IF 2.4 2区社会学 Q1 SOCIOLOGY

Sociological Methodology Pub Date : 2023-01-13 DOI:10.1177/00811750221147525

Taylor Lewis, Joseph McMichael, Charlotte Looby

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Abstract

Most addresses on modern address-based sampling frames derived from the U.S. Postal Service’s Computerized Delivery Sequence file have a one-to-one relationship with a household. Some addresses, however, are associated with multiple households. These addresses are referred to as drop points, and the households therein are referred to as drop point units (DPUs). DPUs pose a challenge for self-administered surveys because no apartment number or unit designation is available, making it impossible to send targeted correspondence. The authors evaluate a method for substituting sampled DPUs with similar non-DPUs, which was implemented in the 2021 Healthy Chicago Survey alongside a concurrent survey of the originally sampled DPUs. Comparing aggregate distributions of DPUs and the non-DPU substitutes, the authors observe certain differences with respect to age, employment status, marital status, and housing tenure but no substantive differences in key health outcomes measured by the survey.

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在基于自我管理地址的抽样框架调查中，评估替代作为处理美国邮政服务投递点的策略

从美国邮政局的计算机化投递序列文件中提取的现代基于地址的采样帧中的大多数地址与家庭有一对一的关系。然而，有些地址与多个家庭有关。这些地址称为投递点，其中的家庭称为投递单元（DPU）。DPU对自我管理的调查构成了挑战，因为没有可用的公寓号码或单元名称，因此无法发送有针对性的信件。作者评估了一种用类似的非DPU替代采样DPU的方法，该方法在2021年芝加哥健康调查中实施，同时对最初采样的DPU进行了调查。比较DPU和非DPU替代品的总体分布，作者观察到在年龄、就业状况、婚姻状况和住房保有权方面存在一定差异，但在调查测量的关键健康结果方面没有实质性差异。

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Sociological Methodology SOCIOLOGY-

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期刊介绍： Sociological Methodology is a compendium of new and sometimes controversial advances in social science methodology. Contributions come from diverse areas and have something useful -- and often surprising -- to say about a wide range of topics ranging from legal and ethical issues surrounding data collection to the methodology of theory construction. In short, Sociological Methodology holds something of value -- and an interesting mix of lively controversy, too -- for nearly everyone who participates in the enterprise of sociological research.