The Effects of Promised Monetary Incentives on Attrition in a Long-Term Panel Survey

For over 35 years, a random sample of U.S. women has responded for free to a government survey that tracks their socioeconomic development. In 2003 an experiment was run to understand if providing monetary incentives of up to $40 would impact participation rates. Providing incentives to respondents,...

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Published in:Public opinion quarterly 2008-10, Vol.72 (3), p.502-513
Main Authors: Zagorsky, Jay L., Rhoton, Patricia
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
ATMs
Cohort studies
Control groups
Cooperation
Economic Development
Economic incentives
Experiments
Financial incentives
Group incentives
Incentives
Interviews
Long term
Longitudinal studies
Monetary incentives
Opinion polls
Panel surveys
Participation
Polls & surveys
Public opinion
Quantitative analysis
Questionnaires
Random sampling
Research methods
Research Notes
Response rates
Social Development
Social participation
Socioeconomic factors
Studies
Surveys
U.S.A
Women
Women's studies
Womens health
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Summary:For over 35 years, a random sample of U.S. women has responded for free to a government survey that tracks their socioeconomic development. In 2003 an experiment was run to understand if providing monetary incentives of up to $40 would impact participation rates. Providing incentives to respondents, who previously refused to participate in the last survey round, significantly boosted response rates, and resulted in longer interviews and more items answered. However, providing monetary incentives to previously willing respondents showed a mixed impact on response rates, interview times, and items answered.
ISSN:0033-362X
1537-5331
DOI:10.1093/poq/nfn025