Jabkowski, P. orcid.org/0000-0002-8650-9558 and Piekut, A. orcid.org/0000-0002-3478-0354 (2022) Impact of household structure complexity on the propensity to avoid answering the question measuring total net income in the European Social Survey, 2008-2018. Studia Socjologiczne, 2022 (2). pp. 165-189. ISSN 0039-3371
Abstract
Apart from unit nonresponse, a failure to respond to a particular survey question is a crucial component of the Total Survey Error. This article looks at item nonresponse to a household’s total net income in the European Social Survey (2008–2018). We explore whether the task complexity mechanism is responsible for the likelihood of nonresponse to the income question. Additionally, we consider cross-country differences in national economies and labour market conditions, which we argue might also affect the propensity not to report income. When modelling the probability of avoiding responses, we used multi-level regression models, assuming that the national context also influences the inclination of individuals to fail to respond. The article showed that people living in more numerous households, with income from less stable sources and a more complex family structure, are more prone to not responding.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2022 The Authors. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) |
Keywords: | European Social Survey; avoidance of answers; non-random error; income measurement |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 23 Dec 2022 15:50 |
Last Modified: | 23 Dec 2022 15:50 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Institute of Philosophy and Sociology of the Polish Academy of Sciences |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.24425/sts.2022.141427 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:194535 |
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