Cultural and Interviewer Effects on Interview Privacy

Individualism and National Wealth

Bibliographic Data

ID7738578
AuthorsZeina Mneimneh (0000-0002-1091-7838, University of Michigan, corresponding author), Zeina N Mneimneh (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA), Michael R Elliott (0000-0003-4128-5527, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA), Roger Tourangeau (Westat, Rockville, MD, USA), Steven G Heeringa (0000-0002-3920-8074, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA)
Year2018
Volume52
Issue5
Pages496-523
Publication date2018-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCross-Cultural Research (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1069-3971 • E-ISSN: 1552-3578
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/1069397118759014
OpenAlexW2792278701
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited41

Privacy (or the lack of it) is an important feature of the interview. Researchers rely on interviewers to ensure a private setting. In reality, interviewers are guests in respondents’ homes and might find it difficult to achieve privacy. Thus, a substantial proportion of interviews are conducted in the presence of a third party. We investigate whether there are cultural and interviewer variations in interview privacy and whether respondent characteristics associated with interview privacy vary by culture. We analyzed data from 14 countries. The results highlight the direct and indirect role the country-level characteristics (level of individualism and wealth) play in explaining cultural differences in rates of interview privacy and the significant between-interviewer variation in interview privacy

Cultural diversity · Hofstede's cultural dimensions theory · Individualism · Interview · Political science · Respondent · Sociology · Variation (astronomy · Law · Psychology · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Power and Status Dynamics · Social Psychology · Survey Methodology and Nonresponse

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