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Can I just check…? Effects of edit check questions on measurement error and survey estimates

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  • Jäckle, Annette
  • Lugtig, Peter

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Household income is difficult to measure, since it requires collecting information about all potential income sources for each member of a household. We assess the effects of two types of edit check questions on measurement error and survey estimates: within-wave edit checks use responses to questions earlier in the same interview to query apparent inconsistencies in responses; dependent interviewing uses responses from prior interviews to query apparent inconsistencies over time. The findings suggest that traditional interviewing methods under- estimate household income in the lower tail of the income distribution, but that neither edit check method has much effect on estimated poverty rates or transition rates in poverty.

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  • Jäckle, Annette & Lugtig, Peter, 2011. "Can I just check…? Effects of edit check questions on measurement error and survey estimates," ISER Working Paper Series 2011-23, Institute for Social and Economic Research.
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    1. Lynn, Peter & Jäckle, Annette & Sala, Emanuela & P. Jenkins, Stephen, 2004. "Validation of survey data on income and employment: the ISMIE experience," ISER Working Paper Series 2004-14, Institute for Social and Economic Research.
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    3. Jäckle, Annette & Noah Uhrig, S.C. & Laurie, Heather, 2007. "The introduction of dependent interviewing on the British Household Panel Survey," ISER Working Paper Series 2007-07, Institute for Social and Economic Research.
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