Who Should Interview Older People? The Effect of Interviewer
and Interviewee Characteristics in Surveys of Older People and
Aging Topics

J 2018

Who Should Interview Older People? The Effect of Interviewer and Interviewee Characteristics in Surveys of Older People and Aging Topics

VIDOVIĆOVÁ, Lucie and Tomáš DOSEDĚL

Basic information

Original name

Who Should Interview Older People? The Effect of Interviewer and Interviewee Characteristics in Surveys of Older People and Aging Topics

Name in Czech

Kdo by měl dělat výzkum mezi seniory a seniorkami? Vliv charakteristik tazatele a respondenta ve výzkumech stárnutí a stáří

Authors

VIDOVIĆOVÁ, Lucie (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution) and Tomáš DOSEDĚL (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution)

Edition

Sociológia, Bratislava, Sociologický ústav SAV, 2018, 0049-1225

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

50401 Sociology

Country of publisher

Slovakia

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

References:

článek

Impact factor

Impact factor: 0.471

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14230/18:00101432

Organization unit

Faculty of Social Studies

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.31577/sociologia.2018.50.6.28

UT WoS

000452649600005

Keywords in English

Survey methodology; interview difficulty; research interview; multi-study; interviewer; morale; gender mismatch; age mismatch

Abstract

V originále

Who Should Interview Older People? The Effect of Interviewer and Interviewee Characteristics in Surveys of Older People and Aging Topics. Objectives: Aging of the population has increased the need to gain a better understanding of older people’s experiences, especially by collecting their views on various issues and quantitative surveys are frequently used methods. Methods: Five hypotheses are presented on assumption that the characteristics of the respondent and the characteristics of the interviewer (age and gender) significantly affect the interviewer's perceived difficulty in conducting the interview with respondents in higher age on aging related topics. Pooled data from seven quantitative surveys are used to test these hypotheses with multi-level linear regression. Results: Results show that age of interviewers increases the perceived difficulty only slightly if we control for the influence of the gender of the interviewer and the respondent's age and education. Also, more positively aging respondents make the interviews about aging topic easier for interviewers. These influences vary in each of the survey projects and topic. Discussion: Age- and gender-sensitive training and supervision when age/gender sensitive topics are to be surveyed is, according to our results here, strongly advisable.

Links

GA15-03156S, research and development project

Name: Čtvrtý věk: identita disability v době aktivního stárnutí

Investor: Czech Science Foundation

GA16-20873S, research and development project

Name: Stárnutí na venkově: nezodpovězené otázky environmentální gerontologie (Acronym: RA)

Investor: Czech Science Foundation

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VIDOVIĆOVÁ, Lucie and Tomáš DOSEDĚL. Who Should Interview Older People? The Effect of Interviewer and Interviewee Characteristics in Surveys of Older People and Aging Topics. Sociológia. Bratislava: Sociologický ústav SAV, 2018, vol. 50, No 6, p. 760-781. ISSN 0049-1225. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.31577/sociologia.2018.50.6.28.

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VIDOVI$\backslash$'COVÁ, Lucie and Tomáš DOSEDĚL. Who Should Interview Older People? The Effect of Interviewer and Interviewee Characteristics in Surveys of Older People and Aging Topics. \textit{Sociológia}. Bratislava: Sociologický ústav SAV, 2018, vol.~50, No~6, p.~760-781. ISSN~0049-1225. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.31577/sociologia.2018.50.6.28.

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