Improving survey response [[electronic resource] ] : lessons learned from the European Social Survey / / Ineke Stoop ... [et al.]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910140612803321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Chichester, West Sussex ; ; Hoboken, NJ, : Wiley, 2010
• ISBN: 1-282-49192-X; 9786612491924; 0-470-68833-5; 0-470-68832-7
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (346 p.)
• Collana: Wiley series in survey methodology
• Altri autori (Persone): StoopIneke A. L
• Disciplina: 001.4; 301.072/3
• Soggetti: Social surveys - Response rate; Social surveys - Response rate - Europe; Public opinion polls; Public opinion - Europe; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Improving Survey Response: Lessons learned from the European Social Survey; Contents; Preface and Acknowledgements; List of Countries; 1 Backgrounds of Nonresponse; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Declining Response Rates; 1.3 Total Survey Quality and Nonresponse; 1.4 Optimizing Comparability; 2 Survey Response in Cross-national Studies; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Harmonization Models; 2.3 Contactability; 2.4 Ability to Cooperate; 2.5 Willingness to Cooperate; 2.5.1 Social environment and survey culture; 2.5.2 Households and individuals; 2.5.3 Survey design; 2.5.4 Interviewers; 2.5.5 Interviewer-respondent interaction: why people cooperate2.6 Nonresponse Bias; 2.6.1 What is nonresponse bias?; 2.6.2 Combating and adjusting for nonresponse bias; 2.7 Ethics and Humans; 3 The European Social Survey; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 What is the European Social Survey?; 3.2.1 Aims, history and philosophy; 3.2.2 Content; 3.2.3 Participating countries; 3.2.4 Organization and structure; 3.3 ESS ; Design and Methodology; 3.3.1 The central specification; 3.3.2 Quality and optimal comparability; 3.3.3 Sampling designs, procedures and definitions of the population; 3.3.4 Fieldwork and contracting3.4 Nonresponse Targets, Strategies and Documentation; 3.4.1 Background; 3.4.2 Requirements and guidelines; 3.4.3 Definition and calculation of response rates; 3.4.4 Contact forms; 3.5 Conclusions; Appendix 3.1 A Contact Form as Used in ESS 3; 4 Implementation of the European Social Survey; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Basic Survey Features; 4.2.1 Survey organization, administration mode and sample; 4.2.2 Sample size, number of interviewers and length of fieldwork period; 4.2.3 Survey costs; 4.3 Practical Fieldwork Issues; 4.3.1 Interviewers; 4.3.2 Information and incentives4.4 Summary and Conclusions; 5 Response and Nonresponse Rates in the European Social Survey; 5.1 Data and Definitions; 5.2 Response and Nonresponse Rates in ESS 3; 5.2.1 Rate of ineligibles; 5.2.2 Response rate; 5.2.3 Structure of nonresponse; 5.3 Response Rate Changes Over Time; 5.3.1 Overview; 5.3.2 Response rate trends for specific countries; 5.4 Response Rate Differences and Fieldwork Efforts; 5.4.1 Response rate differences across countries and fieldwork efforts; 5.4.2 Change in response rates over time and change in fieldwork efforts; 6 Response Enhancement Through Extended Interviewer Efforts6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Previous Research on Contactability; 6.2.1 Factors in establishing contact; 6.2.2 Who is hard to contact?; 6.2.3 Call patterns and strategies; 6.3 Previous Research on Cooperation; 6.3.1 Covariates of cooperation; 6.3.2 Causes of cooperation and noncooperation; 6.3.3 Attitudes towards surveys and reasons for refusal; 6.4 Sample Type and Recruitment Mode in the ESS; 6.4.1 Sampling issues; 6.4.2 Recruitment mode; 6.5 Establishing Contact in the ESS; 6.5.1 Introduction; 6.5.2 Noncontact rates; 6.5.3 Ease of contact and number of calls
• Sommario/riassunto: High response rates have traditionally been considered as one of the main indicators of survey quality. Obtaining high response rates is sometimes difficult and expensive, but clearly plays a beneficial role in terms of improving data quality. It is becoming increasingly clear, however, that simply boosting response to achieve a higher response rate will not in itself eradicate nonresponse bias. In this book the authors argue that high response rates should not be seen as a goal in themselves, but rather as part of an overall survey quality strategy based on random probability sampling and aim

Civil Society Organization and Disaster Risk Reduction : The Asian Dilemma / / edited by Rajib Shaw, Takako Izumi

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910298393303321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Tokyo : , : Springer Japan : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014
• ISBN: 4-431-54877-7
• Edizione: [1st ed. 2014.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (296 p.)
• Collana: Disaster Risk Reduction, Methods, Approaches and Practices, , 2196-4106
• Disciplina: 363.346
• Soggetti: Natural disasters; Social sciences; Sustainable development; Natural Hazards; Methodology of the Social Sciences; Sustainable Development; Asia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.
• Nota di contenuto: From the Contents: Overview and introduction of role of Civil Society Organization in Risk Reduction -- Policy and Advocacy: General Issues -- Policy and Advocacy: Experience from launch of national disaster risk reduction platform in Afghanistan and strategic national action plan -- Policy and Advocacy: Specific case of Indonesia -- Knowledge, Education and Training: General Issues.
• Sommario/riassunto: Civil society organizations (CSOs) have played important roles over the years in the disaster field. Starting from the traditional approach of response and relief, the emphasis has gradually shifted to disaster risk reduction. From international nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) to national and local NGOs, all stakeholders have recognized the significance of and need for community-based risk reduction. In their different capacities they have endeavored to establish links to the policy options at the local and national levels. There still are many issues that remain untouched by CSOs, however, and local CSOs face special challenges in resources in terms of human, financial, and ; technical issues. Drawing examples from Asia, this book is structured on the roles of CSOs according to the Hyogo Framework for Action priority areas: policy making, risk assessment, education and training, underlying risk factors, and response–recovery. The primary target groups for this book are students and researchers in the fields of environment, disaster risk reduction, and climate change studies. The book provides a clear view of the current trends of research in the field and furnishes basic knowledge on these important topics. Another target group comprises practitioners and policy makers, who will be able to apply the knowledge collected here to policy and decision making.