Refusals: Who, Where and Why

DeMaio, Theresa J.

doi:10.1086/268586

Cited by 137 publications

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“…One way to interpret this framework is the following simple cost-benefit model of keeping information private: people refuse to reveal their income if the perceived benefits of privacy exceed the perceived costs. Perceived costs and benefits might be affected by perceptions of how income data is used and whether filling out the survey is a worthwhile endeavor (Demaio, 1980;Yan et al, 2010).…”

Section: Survey Respondent Selectionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Shifts in Privacy Concerns

Goldfarb

Tucker

2012

American Economic Review

208

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This paper explores how digitization and the associated use of customer data have affected the evolution of consumer privacy concerns. We measure privacy concerns by reluctance to disclose income in an online marketing research survey. Using over three million responses over eight years, our data show: (1) Refusals to reveal information have risen over time, (2) Older people are less likely to reveal information, and (3) The difference between older and younger people has increased over time. Further analysis suggests that the trends over time are partly due to broadening perceptions of the contexts in which privacy is relevant.

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Section: Survey Respondent Selectionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Shifts in Privacy Concerns

Goldfarb

Tucker

2012

American Economic Review

208

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“…Non-response in household surveys has been analysed by various authors, beginning with the groundbreaking work of Ferber (1966) and DeMaio (1980); this literature is reviewed by Beatty and Herrmann (2002) and de Leeuw, Hox and Huisman (2003). The volumes edited by Groves and Couper (1998) and Groves et al (2002) are devoted entirely to survey nonresponse.…”

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Item Non‐Response to Financial Questions in Household Surveys: An Experimental Study of Interviewer and Mode Effects*

Essig¹,

Winter²

2009

Fiscal Studies

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We analyse the determinants of non-response to questions on financial items such as income and asset holdings in household surveys. Our data come from a controlled field experiment. As part of the SAVE study -a representative survey conducted in Germany in 2001 -questions on household income and financial assets were administered using different modes (personal interview versus drop-off questionnaire). The data also allow us to investigate the influence of interviewer characteristics on nonresponse. Our results are in line with predictions derived from models of survey response behaviour that have been developed in survey research and social psychology.

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“…While we should not expect a full response in studies where responding is voluntary (Demaio, 1980), scholars utilizing questionnaires aim to have return rates as high as possible.…”

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confidence: 99%

Improving the Literacy of Medical Students: A Collective Knowledge Management Effort by the University for Development Studies Medical School in Ghana and the Community Surrounding the University

Alu¹,

Bardy²,

Dadzie³

2017

UCER-B

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The purpose of the study is to show how a collective knowledge management effort was undertaken in a low-tech environment yields outcomes that benefit all participants of the effort-students and staff of a medical school, the medical profession in the community, paramedics, and the community at large. It also demonstrates that acquainting students with knowledge management skills early and improving their information literacy. If they can effectively manage their knowledge resources in close connection with all members of the society around their school, the benefits will be improving academic efficiency, diagnostic effectiveness, and feedback from medical institutions and patients. The study descends from the Medical Library Association's definition of health information literacy. It uses a survey at the University for Development Studies (UDS) in Tamale, Ghana, to examine the information and literacy skills of its medical students. Also, it explores the level of awareness of the various databases to which the university library is subscribed, the benefits of information literacy skills, and the challenges that students face in identifying and using information sources. From there, the paper explores avenues for improving the situation of the students of which the optimal is conjoining resources in and outside the medical school. Linking faculty, students, and medical professionals in the university's local environment in a collective endeavour for enhancing the literacy skills proper can result in a shared inventory of tools that help to discriminate, which information is needed and which is redundant. From this foundation, students would develop abilities to understand knowledge management and know how to apply it in their specific field of professionalization. The sample was selected from doctoral students in a single institution in the field of education. Also, the sample was self-selected and relatively small. There is a caveat, therefore, for generalizing the findings to other doctoral student populations. This study is useful to health administrators and faculty members, because issues concerning the importance of information literacy skills do not only apply to UDS, Tamale, but to other medical institutions in Africa as well. The study provides university libraries with reliable data on the need for and the effectiveness of information literacy instruction and it enables the librarians to strategize how to improve the instructions they provide. The medical profession highly depends on the adequacy of diagnosis and therapy selection, and for this, any medical professional must be capable to access and use state of the art information sources. There are only a few studies around the topic of medical literacy and almost none for developing countries. But the results of the other studies corroborate the findings of this paper to a great extent.

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Refusals: Who, Where and Why

Cited by 137 publications

References 7 publications

Shifts in Privacy Concerns

Shifts in Privacy Concerns

Item Non‐Response to Financial Questions in Household Surveys: An Experimental Study of Interviewer and Mode Effects*

Improving the Literacy of Medical Students: A Collective Knowledge Management Effort by the University for Development Studies Medical School in Ghana and the Community Surrounding the University

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