2020
DOI: 10.1177/1525822x20981493
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Interviewing the Interviewers: Perceptions of Interviewer–Respondent Familiarity on Survey Process and Error in Burkina Faso

Abstract: A growing body of literature in low- and middle-income countries is challenging the long-held assumption that the respondent and interviewer should be strangers. We conducted a qualitative study in Burkina Faso comprised of in-depth interviews and focus group discussions to explore interviewers’ experiences of collecting data on sexual and reproductive health indicators in their communities, and their perceptions of how familiarity with the respondents influences measurement error and nonresponse. We found tha… Show more

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“…Convenience and geographic sampling techniques were relevant (Patton, 2002), as the researchers had timely access to the data sources of Sam’s business given its proximity to the researcher’s location. Additionally, previous collaboration with one of the researchers enabled the business entrepreneur to speak more openly about critical information and details that relate to the business’s organisational identity development on SM affording greater information depth and breadth and respondent credibility (Greenleaf et al , 2021).…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Convenience and geographic sampling techniques were relevant (Patton, 2002), as the researchers had timely access to the data sources of Sam’s business given its proximity to the researcher’s location. Additionally, previous collaboration with one of the researchers enabled the business entrepreneur to speak more openly about critical information and details that relate to the business’s organisational identity development on SM affording greater information depth and breadth and respondent credibility (Greenleaf et al , 2021).…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%