Interaction and Interviewer Bias in a Survey of the Aged

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Differential net interviewer effects were measured in a statewide survey of aged people. 54 interviewers (college faculty members, students, and members of a senior citizens organization) conducted the survery in a 29-county area in Georgia. Attitudes toward the aged were measured by a semantic differential administered to each interviewer. Three dimensions of Instrumental—Ineffective, Autonomous—Dependent and Personal Acceptability—Unacceptability were used along with demographic information to identify interviewers with contrasting characteristics. Life satisfaction indicators and number of not ascertained responses were used as criterion measures to test the effects of interviewer's age, sex, race, faculty-student status, intrusiveness, retired status, and attitudes toward the aged.

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