The Next-Birthday Method of Respondent Selection

1 January 1983

journal article
Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Public Opinion Quarterly

Vol. 47 (2) , 270-276
https://doi.org/10.1086/268785

Abstract

Four procedures for selecting telephone survey respondents within a household unit—Troldahl-Carter, male/female alternation, next-birthday, and no-selection methods—were compared in a small-sample survey. The data indicate that the next birthday method is a relatively efficient procedure for selecting a sample that is representative of all household members.

Keywords

SURVEY
TELEPHONE
NEXT BIRTHDAY METHOD
SELECTING
RESPONDENT SELECTION
SELECTION FOUR
FOUR PROCEDURES

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