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- Markstedt, Elias, 1984, et al.
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Investigating the effects of questionnaire design and question characteristics on respondent fatigue
- 2013
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Ingår i: Prepared for the AAPOR Annual Conference 2013, Boston, May 16-19.
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Konferensbidrag (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- This study shows that survey questions and questionnaire characteristics that are cognitively burdensome increase the relative risk of both survey breakoff and partial breakoff in paper surveys, thus replicating earlier findings using web surveys. Partial breakoff is a new term introduced here to describe temporary “spells” of nonresponse, which bring greater nuance to respondent nonresponse behavior. The relative risk of partial breakoff in paper surveys is generally lower than the risk of (complete) breakoff in web surveys due to the fact that the true breakoffs in paper surveys never make it to the researcher. Members of high income households and the politically interested are significantly less likely to break off than their counterparts.
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- Olander, Petrus, 1984, et al.
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The impact of exclusion due to COVID-19 restrictions on partners' satisfaction with Swedish hospital postnatal ward care: A multi-methods approach
- 2024
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Ingår i: BIRTH-ISSUES IN PERINATAL CARE. - 0730-7659 .- 1523-536X.
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- BackgroundTo prevent the spread of SARS-CoV-2, hospitals around the world adopted protocols that, in varying ways, resulted in the exclusion of partners from hospital postnatal care wards. The objective of this study was to examine the effect this exclusion had on partners' satisfaction with postnatal care.MethodsAn online survey (the Swedish Pregnancy Panel) including free-text comments was conducted before and during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic; partners of pregnant women were recruited at an early ultrasound appointment and followed until 2 months after childbirth. Data were linked to the Swedish Pregnancy Register.ResultsThe survey was completed by 524 partners of women who gave birth during the pandemic and 203 partners of women who gave birth before. Partners' satisfaction with hospital postnatal care dropped 29.8 percent (-0.94 OLS, 95% CI = -1.17 to -0.72). The drop was largest for partners of first-time mothers (-1.40 OLS, 95% CI = -1.69 to -1.11), but unrelated to clinical outcomes such as mode of birth and most social backgrounds, except higher income. The qualitative analysis showed that partners (1) felt excluded as partners and parents, (2) thought the strain on staff led to deficiencies in the care provided, and (3) perceived the decision about partner restrictions as illogical.ConclusionsThe exclusion of partners from the hospital postnatal wards clearly impaired satisfaction with care, and partners of first-time mothers were particularly affected. Planning for future restrictions on partners from hospital wards should factor in these consequences. image
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- Zheng, Lucy R., et al.
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A Longitudinal Dyadic Study of Six Leisure Activities in Swedish Couples During the Transition to Parenthood
- 2023
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Ingår i: Sex Roles. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 0360-0025 .- 1573-2762. ; 88, s. 210-224
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Parents are not only caregivers to their children; they also have leisure routines that can impact their own well-being. However, little is known about how leisure activities change within the context of a couple during the transition to parenthood. This study uses latent growth curve models and data from the Swedish Pregnancy Panel to examine how often 918 first-time, heterosexual couples participated in six leisure activities from around pregnancy week 19 to one year postpartum. Compared to fathers, mothers less frequently exercised and listened to news, and more frequently read newspapers, spent time for themselves, and spent time with friends. Over time, mothers increased their frequency of praying to God and decreased spending time for themselves and with friends. Fathers decreased frequency of exercise. Within couples, there was a positive correlation between mothers' and fathers' frequency of engaging in leisure activities, although most changes over time were not associated. Our finding that two individuals within a couple may change their leisure activities independently of each other during the transition to parenthood can help healthcare professionals and researchers prepare expectant couples for upcoming changes (or lack thereof) and promote parent well-being. Our findings also highlight the possibility that in contexts with more state support for families, parenthood may not exacerbate gender gaps in leisure.
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- Zheng, Lucy R., et al.
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Expectant parents’ emotions evoked by pregnancy: A longitudinal dyadic analysis of couples in the Swedish Pregnancy Panel
- 2022
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Ingår i: Social Science and Medicine. - : Elsevier BV. - 0277-9536 .- 1873-5347. ; 312
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Rationale: Holistic antenatal care requires knowledge of individuals’ emotional response to pregnancy. Little is known about how a pregnant woman and her partner influence each other emotionally during a pregnancy. Objective: This study examines six discrete emotions that expectant couples experience during pregnancy, how these emotions change mid-to late-pregnancy, and whether the partners’ emotional responses influence each other. Methods: A longitudinal dyadic study where pregnant women and their partners (1432 couples) rated the extent to which the pregnancy evoked joy, strength, security, worry, shame, and anger at pregnancy week 12–19, 22–24, and 36. Latent curve models with structured residuals identify levels of and change in these emotions over time, while accounting for between- and within-couple variance. Results: Pregnancy evoked mainly joy, strength, security, and worry, and lower levels of anger and shame. Pregnant women and partners felt similar levels of joy, strength, and security, but pregnant women felt more worry, shame, and anger. There was little to no mean-level change in all six measured emotions evoked by pregnancy (between-couple change), and no reciprocal effects between the partners (within-couple change). Conclusions: Emotions in mid-pregnancy were also felt in late pregnancy. Furthermore, the pregnant woman and her partner have individual emotional trajectories. The results can assist healthcare professionals and researchers target interventions to expectant mothers and partners, specifically by understanding emotional response to pregnancy as a stable confound and by not approaching the couple as one emotional unit.
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- Krouwel, A., et al.
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Does extreme political ideology predict conspiracy beliefs, economic evaluations and political trust? Evidence from Sweden
- 2017
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Ingår i: Journal of Social and Political Psychology. - : Leibniz Institute for Psychology (ZPID). - 2195-3325. ; 5:2, s. 435-462
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- A large volume of academic research has demonstrated that individuals who profess radical political ideology, both left- and right-wing, tend to share similar underlying psychological patterns. By utilizing data collected through a voting advice application in Sweden, this study aims to assess whether extreme leftists and rightists share similarities in the psychological and political understanding of how society functions. We propose three hypotheses to test this pattern: Extreme left and right individuals are more inclined to believe in conspiracy theories than moderates; they are more likely to have negative economic evaluations; and they are less politically and interpersonally trustful. By means of hierarchical regression analyses, we reveal a quadratic relationship between extreme political ideology and conspiracy beliefs. Moreover, we find a similar linkage between ideology and economic evaluations. However, the empirical analyses fail to provide evidence that extreme ideology is related to lower political and interpersonal trust. © 2017, PsychOpen. All Rights Reserved.
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- Lindgren, Elina, et al.
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Invitation Timing and Participation Rates in Online Panels: Findings From Two Survey Experiments
- 2020
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Ingår i: Social Science Computer Review. - : SAGE Publications. - 0894-4393 .- 1552-8286. ; 38:2, s. 225-244
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Falling participation rates is one of the most significant challenges facing survey research today. To curb this negative trend, scholars have searched for factors that can increase and decrease citizens’ willingness to participate in surveys. In this article, we investigate the timing effects of survey invitation e-mails on participation rates in a university-based online panel with members of the Swedish public. Through two large-scale experimental studies, we examine whether the day of week (N = 11,294) and time of day (N = 47,279) for sending out survey invitations impact participation rates. We also ask respondents when they prefer to answer surveys. We find that the timing of survey invitations affects participation rates, however, the effects are small, short-lived, and even out within a week. We also find that the effects of timing vary by employment status and age. The results have implications for scholars and practitioners who utilize online panels for web surveys. When quick answers are important, there may be some limited gains of tailoring the timing of the survey invitation to different individuals. In surveys with more extended field periods, however, such efforts seem less warranted.
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- Markstedt, Elias, 1984, et al.
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The subjective meaning of gender: how survey designs affect perceptions of femininity and masculinity
- 2021
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Ingår i: European Journal of Politics and Gender. - : Bristol University Press. - 2515-1088 .- 2515-1096. ; 4:1, s. 51-70
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The rationale for this study is that self-categorising rating scales are becoming increasingly popular in large-scale survey research moving beyond binary ways of measuring gender. We are referring here to the use of rating scales that are similar to graded scales capturing left–right or liberal–conservative political ideology, that is, scales that do not include predefinitions of the core concepts (femininity/masculinity, as compared to left/right or liberal/conservative). Yet, previous studies including such non-binary gender measures have paid little attention to potential effects of survey designs. Using an experimental set-up, we are able to show that sequencing of gender measurements influences the answers received. Men were especially affected by our treatments and rated themselves as significantly ‘less masculine’ when prompted to reason about the meaning of gender prior to self-categorisation on scales measuring degrees of femininity and masculinity. Moreover, self-categorising seems to trigger more biological understandings of gender than anticipated in theory.
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- Martinsson, Johan, 1975, et al.
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A Tradeoff Between Quality and Quantity. An Examination of the Negative Relationship Between Unit and Item Non-Response in Survey Research
- 2012
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Ingår i: The Annual Meeting of the American Association for Public Opinion Research, Orlando, maj 2012.
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Previous studies have identified a negative relationship between unit non-response and item nonresponse concerning economic expectation questions in household surveys. Drawing on 25 years of consecutive postal surveys in Sweden with a total of 60 000 respondents, we further explore the connection between unit and item non-response with a wider set of substantial topics including attitudes, values, self-reported behavior, economic expectations and socio-economic status. We start by describing the long-term trend concerning unit non-response and item non-response for different types of questions. The general hypothesis is a negative relationship, but possibly conditional on the type of questions and types of respondents. Next, we move on to explore the validity of the response continuum model and the relationship between unit and item non-response. More specifically, we examine whether respondents that need more reminders before participating in the survey provide more item non-response. Our large pool of respondents permits a detailed analysis of this question across various sub-groups of the population and across different types of substantial topics and types of questions. Lastly, we also assess to what extent the placement of a battery of question in the survey influences the rate of item non-response. Does a question receive less item non-response if it is asked early in a survey, than if it is asked later? Taking advantage of the variation in the placement and order of a set of question batteries between different years and between different questionnaires the same years, we explore how large such effects are.
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- Naurin, Elin, 1975, et al.
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Does transition to parenthood affect gender traits? The effect of pregnancy on perceived female and male traits
- 2021
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Ingår i: European Journal of Politics and Gender. - 2515-1088 .- 2515-1096. ; 4:1, s. 135-150
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Key messages We study the effect of a gendered life event on changes in gender identity during adulthood. Pregnant women and partners of pregnant women are followed over time, with pre- and post-test measures of gender identity. While pregnancy and childbirth are often seen as reinforcing feminine identity, we expect only small changes in a gender-equal society like Sweden. Results show that gender identity is stable during pregnancy and around childbirth for Swedish women and men.
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- Naurin, Elin, 1975, et al.
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Pregnant under the pressure of a pandemic: a large-scale longitudinal survey before and during the COVID-19 outbreak
- 2021
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Ingår i: European Journal of Public Health. - : Oxford University Press (OUP). - 1101-1262 .- 1464-360X. ; 31:1, s. 7-13
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Background One of the groups that is most vulnerable to the COVID-19 pandemic is pregnant women. They cannot choose to refrain from care; they and their children are at risk of severe complications related to the virus; and they lose comfort and support as clinics prohibit their partners and as societal restrictions demand isolation from friends and relatives. It is urgent to study how this group is faring during the pandemic and we focus here on their health-related worries. Methods A longitudinal survey at a Swedish hospital starting six months before (16 September 2019) and continuing during the COVID-19 outbreak (until 25 August 2020). 6,941 pregnant women and partners of diverse social backgrounds were recruited. 96 percent of birth-giving women in the city take early ultrasounds where recruitment took place. 62 percent of the women with an appointment and 51 percent of their partners gave consent to participate. Results Pregnant women experienced dramatically increased worries for their own health, as well as for their partner’s and their child’s health in the beginning of the pandemic. The worries remained at higher than usual levels throughout the pandemic. Similar, but less dramatic changes, were seen among partners. Conclusions There is a need for heightened awareness of pregnant women’s and partners’ health-related worries as a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic. Related feelings such as anxiety have been linked to adverse pregnancy outcome and might have long-term effects. The health care system needs to prepare for follow-up visits with these families.
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