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Title Coverage Bias in RDD Sample Surveys due to Cellular Telephone-Only Households
Author Giesbrecht, L., Wright, R. A.
Year 2002
Access date 01.06.2004
Abstract The advent of lower rates and monthly fees for cellular telephone service, along with pay-as-you-go cellular plans, has led to an increase in cellular telephone use in the United States. It is thought that some people are giving up their landlines in favor of cellular phones. Low-income households may use pay-as-you-go cellular plans in lieu of regular landline service. These developments cause concern among those who administer random digit dialing (RDD) telephone surveys and rely on RDD survey data since the sampling frame for virtually all RDD telephone surveys in the United States is limited to landline-based telephones. In addition to bias caused by noncoverage of nontelephone households, additional bias could be contributed to RDD survey data due to noncoverage of households that are giving up their landline service for cellular service. This paper will present results from a national household survey that has collected data on cellular telephone and landline telephone ownership since 1992. It will attempt to estimate the bias in estimates of various socioeconomic and demographic characteristics that would be experienced in an RDD survey that excludes households with a cellular phone and without a landline phone from the sample.
Year of publication2002
Bibliographic typeConferences, workshops, tutorials, presentations
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