Response Quality in Survey Research with Children and Adolescents: The Effect of Labeled Response Options and Vague Quantifiers

• Published in: International journal for quality in health care Vol. 15; no. 1; pp. 83 - 94
• Main Authors: Borgers, Natacha, Hox, Joop, Sikkel, Dirk
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Oxford University Press 01-03-2003; Oxford Publishing Limited (England)
• Subjects: Adolescents; Age Differences; Children; Children & youth; Cognition; Cognitive Functioning; Data collection; Data Quality; Methodology; Netherlands; Public opinion; Public opinion surveys; Research Design; Research methods; Research Responses; Responses; Social research
• ISSN: 0954-2892; 1353-4505; 1471-6909; 1464-3677
• DOI: 10.1093/ijpor/15.1.83

Explores response quality of children in surveys as related to the cognitive developmental stages of children. The abilities to interpret the question, retrieve information, & synthesize & report that information are assessed as an outcome of question structure & age variables. The study focused on partially labeled response options & vague quantifiers in contrast to completely labeled, clearly worded response options. The effects of cognitive processes, age, & question-&-answer options structure are evaluated. 1 Table, 2 Figures, 1 Appendix, 34 References. L. Collins