INTERVIEWER EFFECTS ON SELF-REPORTED SUBSTANCE USE AMONG HOMELESS PERSONS
INTERVIEWER EFFECTS ON SELF-REPORTED SUBSTANCE USE AMONG HOMELESS PERSONS
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DOI：
10.1016/0306-4603(94)90054-x
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发表时间：
1994-01-01
影响因子：
4.4
通讯作者：
PARSONS, JA
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作者：
JOHNSON, TP;PARSONS, JA
本研究考察了受访者对有关药物使用问题的调查答复的编辑。先前的研究已经确定了几种可能与受访者编辑相关的访谈者效应，包括直接效应和社交距离效应。然而，人们对这些潜在影响如何影响自我报告的药物使用行为知之甚少。本研究分析的数据是在伊利诺伊州库克县进行的无家可归者物质使用调查的一部分收集的。共有 481 名受访者在紧急和过渡避难所、流动厨房、临时收容中心和单间入住 (SRO) 酒店中随机抽样。总体而言，观察到了直接的、基于性别的影响，无家可归的男女受访者都更愿意向男性采访者透露药物使用行为。还发现了一些与种族和年龄相关的直接影响，白人和年长的采访者获得了更多关于药物使用的报告。这些发现为受访者编辑自我报告的药物使用提供了重要证据，并对人口统计匹配访谈者和受访者的常见做法产生了影响。
This study examines respondent editing of survey responses to questions regarding substance use. Previous research has identified several types of interviewer effects that may be associated with respondent editing, including direct and social distance effects. Little is known, however, regarding how these potential effects may influence self-reported substance use behavior. Data analyzed for this study were collected as part of a survey of substance use among homeless persons conducted in Cook County, Illinois. A total of 481 respondents were sampled at random in emergency and transitional shelters, soup kitchens, drop-in centers, and single room occupancy (SRO) hotels. Overall, a direct, gender-based effect was observed, with homeless respondents of both genders more willing to reveal substance use behaviors to male interviewers. Some race- and age-related direct effects were also identified, with White and older interviewers obtaining more reports of substance use. These findings yield important evidence regarding respondent editing of self-reported substance use and have implications for the common practice of demographically matching interviewers and respondents.