Volume 3, issue 2 (2025)
Examining Predictors of Unsuccessful Mail Delivery for a National Address-Based Sample During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Raphael Nishimura 
University of Michigan, USA
Rebecca Gatward - University of Michigan, USA
Brady T. West University of Michigan, USA
Htay-Wah Saw University of Michigan, USA
Many surveys have changed modes because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Surveys using mailed letters and/or reminders may have been adversely affected by staff shortages affecting the delivery times of the United States Postal Service (USPS). In this study, we analysed daily USPS mail delivery reports for each of 21 National Distribution Centers (NDCs) for two [...]
COVID-19, data collection methods, follow-up mailing, mail survey, web survey,
Mitigating Fraud in Incentivized Online Surveys: Lessons from Facebook Recruitment in Nigeria
Arnim Langer KU Leuven, Belgium
Lucas Leopold KU Leuven, Belgium
Bart Meuleman KU Leuven, Belgium & University of Bremen, Germany
Line Kuppens University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Abhishegh Menon KU Leuven, Belgium
In this paper we document our experience with conducting the Perceptions of Inequality and Redistribution Survey (PIRS), which is an online, multi-round survey conducted among Nigerian adults who were recruited via a Facebook ad campaign. The paper discusses our initial and unsuccessful recruitment strategy as well as our subsequent revised strategy in which we were [...]
data collection, data quality, Facebook, survey data, Web surveys,
Challenges Conducting Cognitive Interviews in Low and Middle Income Countries: A Case Study with Older Adults in Lebanon
Alexandra Abi Nassif American University of Beirut, Lebanon
Mayssan Kabalan American University of Beirut, Lebanon
Carlos Mendes de Leon Georgetown University, USA
Julie de Jong ICF International, USA
Frederick Conrad * University of Michigan, USA
* Corresponding author
Note: A. Abi Nassif & M. Kabalan contributed equally to this work.
The global increase in population ageing, especially in Low and Middle Income Countries (LMICs), has created greater need for population-based surveys that document the health and social requirements of older adults in this context. The surveys fielded in response to this need ask questions adapted from ongoing surveys in High Income Countries; hence it is [...]
challenges conducting cognitive interviews in Lebanon, challenges conducting cognitive interviews with older adults, cognitive interviews, cognitive interviews in LMIC, cognitive interviews of older adults, low and middle income countries (LMIC), survey research field methods,
