- Title
- Effects of small incentives on survey response fractions: randomised comparisons in national alcohol surveys conducted in New Zealand
- Creator
- Kypri, Kypros; Maclennan, Brett; Connor, Jennie L.
- Relation
- European Journal of Public Health Vol. 26, Issue 3, p. 430-432
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckw035
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2016
- Description
- We experimentally evaluate inexpensive interventions to increase response fractions in two alcohol surveys. Residents on the New Zealand General and Maori electoral rolls were randomized to receive a survey pack with or without an offer of entry to a $500 prize draw. Subsequent randomization of sample members who did not initially respond allowed estimation of effects of offering a $5 donation to charity as an incentive to respond. Offering prize draw entry did not significantly increase responses in either population. Contrary to expectation, promising a $5 donation to non-respondents reduced subsequent responding in the group previously offered the prize draw incentive.
- Subject
- survey response; New Zealand; effects; incentives
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1346462
- Identifier
- uon:29867
- Identifier
- ISSN:1464-360X
- Language
- eng
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