I'm designing an incentive experiment for a survey of teen respondents. I'm wondering what amount of incentive will work for a short phone survey. The incentive will be promised (rather than pre-paid) because we recruit teens once their parent has been interviewed, and it's all done on the phone (an RDD survey). I've found a lot of research on incentives with adults, incentives with kids/teens in school/medical settings, but not a lot on incentives with teens on the phone. We might offer this incentive in cash and/or a gift card. Thanks in advance for findings or advice. The survey is ongoing so we already have a parental permission protocol, etc.
The point with incentive is that it shouldnt be very temting for participant, but something just to compensate the time or transportation. Since your survey is based on phone call, I recommend you give them a gift card to buy a handbook like a novel or a theater ticket if you afford it.
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I will go for more active participation incentive. Since you are at a university with lots of resources. Designing a boot camp on how to use social media would be an attractive incentive since at this age teenagers would love more info on the virtual community interaction. This is also an opportunity to educate them on social media ettiquette.
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Tickets to a music or sports event of discount on subscription to a gym will be a good incentive for a teenager.
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