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• Posted on 05 October 2017 by Matt Jonas, Campaigns and Marketing Manager

  What next for promoting survey participation?

  

  Response rates are still falling in major household surveys across the world. Matt Jonas reports on the main talking points from the International Survey Non-Response Workshop in Utrecht. 

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  Tags: international household survey nonresponse workshop, nonresponse, representativeness, sample, survey quality, surveys

• Posted on 20 September 2016 by Matt Jonas, Campaigns and Marketing Manager

  7 Things I Learnt About Survey Response Rates

  

  Which country has the highest survey response rates in Europe?  Does incentivisation damage data quality? Do lower response rates always mean poorer quality statistics? Campaigns Manager, Matt Jonas, reports from this month's Survey Non-Response Workshop in Oslo. 

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  Tags: methodology, nonresponse, representativeness