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Cultural and Interviewer Effects on Interview Privacy: Individualism and National Wealth

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Author(s):
Mneimneh, Zeina N. [1] ; Elliott, Michael R. [2, 3] ; Tourangeau, Roger [4] ; Heeringa, Steven G. [5, 6, 7]
Total Authors: 4
Affiliation:
[1] Univ Michigan, Survey Res Ctr, Survey Methodol Program, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 - USA
[2] Univ Michigan, Sch Publ Hlth, Biostat, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 - USA
[3] Univ Michigan, Transportat Res Inst, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 - USA
[4] Westat Corp, Rockville, MD - USA
[5] Univ Michigan, ISR, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 - USA
[6] Univ Michigan, Program Survey Methods, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 - USA
[7] Univ Michigan, Joint Program Survey Methodol, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 - USA
Total Affiliations: 7
Document type: Journal article
Source: CROSS-CULTURAL RESEARCH; v. 52, n. 5, p. 496-523, DEC 2018.
Web of Science Citations: 0
Abstract

Privacy (or the lack of it) is an important feature of the interview. Researchers rely on interviewers to ensure a private setting. In reality, interviewers are guests in respondents' homes and might find it difficult to achieve privacy. Thus, a substantial proportion of interviews are conducted in the presence of a third party. We investigate whether there are cultural and interviewer variations in interview privacy and whether respondent characteristics associated with interview privacy vary by culture. We analyzed data from 14 countries. The results highlight the direct and indirect role the country-level characteristics (level of individualism and wealth) play in explaining cultural differences in rates of interview privacy and the significant between-interviewer variation in interview privacy. (AU)

FAPESP's process: 03/00204-3 - Epidemiological study of psychiatric disorders in the São Paulo Metropolitan Region: prevalence, risk factors, and social and economical burden
Grantee:Laura Helena Silveira Guerra de Andrade
Support Opportunities: Research Projects - Thematic Grants