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- Caspersen, Janna R., et al.
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Measuring Agreement in Participatory Mapping
- 2017
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In: Field Methods. - 1525-822X .- 1552-3969. ; 29:2, s. 99-112
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Research review (peer-reviewed)abstract
- This article offers a way to measure agreement in participatory mapping. We asked subject matter experts (SMEs) to draw where Sudanese ethnic groups were located on a map. We then used an eigenanalysis approach to determine whether SMEs agreed on the location of ethnic groups. We used minimum residual factor analysis to assess the extent of interinformant agreement among SMEs' judgments of four ethnic groups' spatial locations. Although we found little evidence of the lumper/splitter problem, some SMEs drew larger polygons than others, and we provide directions on how to reduce this potential bias. Finally, the results of the geospatial agreement analysis were validated through a comparison of other sources of geospatial data for three of the four ethnic groups.
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- Daum, Thomas, 1990, et al.
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Times Have Changed: Using a Pictorial Smartphone App to Collect Time–Use Data in Rural Zambia
- 2019
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In: Field Methods. - 1525-822X .- 1552-3969. ; 31:1, s. 3-22
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- One challenge of collecting socioeconomic data, such as data on time-use, is recall biases. While time-use researchers have continuously developed new methods to make data collection more accurate and easy, these methods are difficult to use in developing countries, where study participants may have low literacy levels and no clock-based concepts of time. To contribute to the closing of this research gap, we developed a picture-based smartphone app called Time-Tracker that allows data recording in real time to avoid recall biases. We pilot tested the app in rural Zambia, collecting 2,790 data days. In this article, we compare the data recorded with the app to data collected with 24-hours recall questions. The results confirm the literature on recall biases, suggesting that using the app leads to valid results. We conclude that smartphone apps using visual tools provide new opportunities for researchers collecting socioeconomic data in developing countries.
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- Harling, Guy, et al.
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Interviewer-driven variability in social network reporting : results from health and aging in africa: a longitudinal study of an INDEPTH community (HAALSI) in South Africa
- 2018
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In: Field Methods. - : SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC. - 1525-822X .- 1552-3969. ; 30:2, s. 140-154
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Social network analysis depends on how social ties to others are elicited during interviews, a process easily affected by respondent and interviewer behaviors. We investigate how the number of self-reported important social contacts varied within a single data collection round. Our data come from Health and Aging in Africa: a Longitudinal Study of an INDEPTH community (HAALSI), a comprehensive population-based survey of individuals aged 40 years and older conducted over 13 months at the Agincourt health and demographic surveillance site in rural South Africa. As part of HAALSI, interviewers elicited detailed egocentric network data. The average number of contacts reported by the 5,059 respondents both varied significantly across interviewers and fell over time as the data collection progressed, even after adjusting for respondent, interviewer, and respondent-interviewer dyad characteristics. Contact numbers rose substantially after a targeted interviewer intervention. We conclude that checking (and adjusting) for interviewer effects, even within one data collection round, is critical to valid and reliable social network analysis.
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- Houle, Brian, et al.
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Let's Talk about Sex, Maybe : Interviewers, Respondents, and Sexual Behavior Reporting in Rural South Africa
- 2016
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In: Field Methods. - 1525-822X .- 1552-3969. ; 28:2, s. 112-132
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Researchers are often skeptical of sexual behavior surveys: Respondents may lie or forget details of their intimate lives, and interviewers may exercise authority in how they capture responses. We use data from a 2010-2011 cross-sectional sexual behavior survey in rural South Africa to explore who says what to whom about their sexual lives. Results show an effect of fieldworker age across outcomes: Respondents report safer, more responsible sexual behavior to older fieldworkers, and an effect of fieldworker sex; men report more sexual partners to female fieldworkers. Understanding fieldworker effects on the production of sexual behavior survey data serves methodological and analytical goals.
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- Kawerau, Laura, et al.
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Entering the Digital Research Age: Investigating the Effectiveness of Visual Digital Tools in Agricultural Research
- 2024
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In: Field Methods. - 1525-822X .- 1552-3969. ; 36:2, s. 95-112
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Agricultural studies mainly rely on quantitative research approaches. Despite growing interest in and uptake of qualitative, participatory, and visual methods due to their perceived advantages in gathering in-depth information and empowering participants, visual–digital research methods have yet to be largely applied. In our study on adaptation strategies to climate change among smallholder farmers in Uganda we compared different data collection methods, including: semi-structured interviews with manual note-taking, participatory impact diagrams, and adapted photovoice and cellphilm methodologies.
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- Wenemark, Marika, et al.
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Respondent Satisfaction and Respondent Burden among Differently Motivated Participants in a Health-Related Survey
- 2010
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In: Field Methods. - : Sage. - 1525-822X .- 1552-3969. ; 22:4, s. 378-390
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Response rates in surveys have declined in many countries over the last decade. Reasons for refusal by nonrespondents have been discussed in many studies, but less attention has been paid to motivation among respondents who do take part. One theoretical framework for studying motivation is self-determination theory, which distinguishes between extrinsic and intrinsic motivation. This article describes respondents' experiences of participating in a self-administered health-related survey. Qualitative content analysis was used to analyze data from semistructured telephone interviews with 30 Swedish respondents aged 45–64 years. The results show a broad spectrum of positive as well as negative aspects of survey participation.
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- Wu, Shimei, et al.
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Quantifying Energy Consumption in Household Surveys : An Alternative Device-based Accounting Approach
- 2020
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In: Field Methods. - : SAGE Publications. - 1525-822X .- 1552-3969. ; 32:2, s. 213-232
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- The exercise of quantifying the energy consumption data assembled through household surveys, either by the recall-based approach or the meter-based approach, remains a challenging task, especially in rural areas of developing countries. In this article, we propose a device-based bottom-up accounting method for estimating household energy consumption. This method provides microlevel disaggregated estimates at the intensive margin and documents other difficult-to-measure energy consumption such as biomass at the extensive margin. Even though measurement errors of the household survey might still exist, the structured questionnaire of daily routine behavior questions should greatly alleviate the problem. The new method supplements the existing household energy statistical system, improves its flexibility, and is particularly applicable in developing countries and/or rural areas. We apply the method to a Chinese rural household survey and discuss its differences and similarities with the conventional methods.
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