Strong Impact of Interviewers on Respondents' Political Choice
Evidence from Hungary
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2407558 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Renáta Németh (0000-0001-6796-3563, Eötvös Loránd University, corresponding author), Alexandra Luksander (State Audit Office of Hungary) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 155-170 |
| Publication date | 2018-05-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | CAM (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1087-8513 • E-ISSN: 1552-3969 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1525822x18769502 |
| OpenAlex | W2799838513 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 17 |
Despite much literature on interviewer effects, limited attention has been paid to party preference surveys, although the effect is expectedly strong in this field. This article analyzes interviewer effects in a face-to-face political survey. Specifically, we are interested in whether the interviewer's own party preference has an effect on the respondent's party choice. We used cross-classified two-level logistic regression models with median odds ratio as effect size. We found four main results: (1) Place of residence significantly affects political preference, but interviewers do so to the same degree; (2) the size of these effects is comparable to those of demographic characteristics of the respondent; (3) interviewers' political preference has an effect and it does not disappear once controlled for obvious interviewer characteristics; and (4) the impact of political preference is such that respondents tend to have a preference similar to that of their interviewers
Demographic economics · Economics · Interview · Logistic regression · Odds · Ordered logit · Political science · Politics · Preference · Residence · Respondent · Statistics · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Law · Mathematics · Psychology · Social Psychology · Statistical Methods and Bayesian Inference · Survey Methodology and Nonresponse
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| Citations per year | 0.75 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2022 - 2023 (2) |
| Highly cited | No |