Greetings,
I'm survey methodologist for the California Health Interview Survey (CHIS) and I'm working on a research project on obtaining parental permission for our teen interview. As part of that project I'm trying to find surveys that interview teens, preferably on the phone, and preferably from RDD (random digit dial) samples.
They can be large-scale or small-scale. They can be educational or health surveys, polls, etc. (topic isn't important).
Study qualities I'm seeking:
1) Interview teens/adolescents of any age under 18
2) Conducted by phone (at least partly). All things considered, surveys in other modes (e.g., web-based or paper-and-pencil) may be helpful, so don't hesitate to suggest. But since our survey is a phone survey (RDD), that's the design I'm most interested in.
3) Require parent permission before talking to the teen.
The rates I'm looking for:
1) Parental permission rate
2) Teen response rate or interview completion rate given parental consent
I don't expect you'll send me these rates (unless you have them handy), but just the names of the surveys would be great.
I did a quick search in the J. of Adol. Res. and J. of Adol., but didn't see any review articles on this topic.
I'm happy to share our research progress in return as it develops, but you can learn more about CHIS in the mean time here.
http://healthpolicy.ucla.edu/chis/about/Pages/about.aspx
http://healthpolicy.ucla.edu/chis/design/Pages/overview.aspx
Thanks in advance for your suggestions.
Hi Matt,
This isn't perfectly suited to your question, but my understanding is that the Youth Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (YRBSS) is conducted at schools (not on the phone) by state public health departments. There is one for middle-schoolers and one for high-schoolers (probably this one is of your interest). I know the State of Massachusetts DPH organizes this in Massachusetts so you could theoretically contact them. Each state does its own so you'd need to contact them and see if you could find the right person.
I believe they send a permission slip home or somehow get parental permission before they do the YRBS in school. Those rates could be studied if you are interested in parental permission rates, and it's possible I think to figure out from the data lack of response by the teen (e.g., s/he has permission but won't do the survey). It's a bit artificial - it's not a phone survey where someone can privately hang up; it's a class, so there's peer pressure to participate.
While these suggestions are not phone-survey-related, if you are in search of response rates and have nothing to go on, the YRBS could help as a benchmark. Good luck on your survey!
-Monika
Hello,
We did not do exactly what you are looking for as we interviewed in person due to the difficulties and limitations associated with RDD and parental permission. This paper reviews some of our strategies but they are mostly related to retention.
Roy
Oman RF, Vesely, SK, Aspy CB, Fluhr J, Marshall L, Calhoun G, Rodine S. (2009). Methodological considerations in a community-based longitudinal study. American Journal of Health Behavior, 33(1):58-68.
Hi,
the German Youth Institute's (Deutsches Jugendinstitut, DJI) integrated survey “Growing up in Germany” – "Aufwachsen in Deutschland", AID:A) generates and analyses information on the level of individuals, families, and households regarding childhood, youth and family (more than 25 000 persons, 0 - 55 years, i.e., including telephone interviews with teenagers) should have gained a lot of experience to answer your questions:
http://www.dji.de/index.php?id=172&L=1
http://www.dji.de/index.php?id=1547&L=0
Unfortunately most of this institutes' informations are in German. Leader of the survey: Dr. Walter Bien - [email protected]
Good luck!
Klaus
@Monika, thanks for the YRBS details. I've been in touch with them and everything you say is consistent with what I've learned so far. It sounds like the permission methods and (and probably rates) vary pretty widely across state. I'll let you know if getting in touch with the MA folks would be helpful. Thanks for the offer to connect.
@Roy, thanks for the reference. I'm looking it up now.
@Klaus, thanks for GYI survey. I've really only been looking at US surveys, so that's really helpful. Thanks for the links.
Hi Matt,
Check into the National Survey of Youth and Religion, directed by Christian Smith. There should be quite a bit of information regarding methodology there.
http://youthandreligion.nd.edu/
http://youthandreligion.nd.edu/research-design/
Best,
Anthony Walker
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