Piloting Data Collection via Cell Phones

From October 2006 through February 2007, Macro and six partnering state departments of health conducted over 1,900 interviews via cell phone in Connecticut, Florida, Massachusetts, Montana, New Jersey, and Texas. The survey collected about 10 minutes of general health data for adults in each state. Despite a high number of hang-ups, many cell users are willing to conduct a survey on their cell phones. The cell phone sample had a higher percentage of young adults and minorities than a comparative landline sample. A high percentage of respondents live in households without a landline or cell only, a population that cannot be reached through landline random digit dialing samples. A high percentage of respondents keep their phones on all day, suggesting that we are reaching a population segment that regularly use their cell phones rather than those who use cell phones sporadically. This cell phone survey experience has provided invaluable information about conducting cell phone interviews and has helped shape methodological directions for future surveys

Data collection · Environmental health · Landline · Phone · Population · Random digit dialing · Sample (material) · Sociology · Survey methodology · Focus Groups and Qualitative Methods · Medicine · Mobile Health and mHealth Applications · Psychology · Survey Methodology and Nonresponse

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  Emanuela Sala, Roberto Lillini•International Journal of Public…•2015

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• Do Initial Respondents Differ From Callback Respondents? Lessons From a Mobile Cati Survey

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• Differential Access to Digital Communication Technology

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• Telephone Survey Calling Patterns, Productivity, Survey Responses, and Their Effect on Measuring Public Opinion

  Open Access•Enrijeta Shino, C Mccarty•CAM•2020

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• Coverage Bias in Telephone Surveys in Israel

  Open Access•Galit Gordoni, Anat Oren et al.•CAM•2011

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• Cell Phone Survey Feasibility in The U.S

  J Michael Brick, P D Brick et al.•Public Opinion Quarterly•2007

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• Reaching the U.S. Cell Phone Generation

  M W Link, Michael Link et al.•Public Opinion Quarterly•2007

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• Cellular-Only Substitution in the United States as Lifestyle Adoption

  Judy Ehlen, Patrick Ehlen•Public Opinion Quarterly•2007

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• Evaluating the Effects of Screening for Telephone Service in Dual Frame RDD Surveys

  Courtney Kennedy•Public Opinion Quarterly•2007

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• Sampling Telephone Numbers and Adults, Interview Length, and Weighting in The California Health Interview Survey Cell Phone Pilot Study

  J Michael Brick, W Sterling Edwards et al.•Public Opinion Quarterly•2007

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• What's Missing from National Landline RDD Surveys

  Scott Keeter, Keeter et al.•Public Opinion Quarterly•2007

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