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Maintaining Response Rates In Longitudinal Studies

Deborah S. Freedman

University of Michigan

Arland Thornton

University of Michigan

Donald Camburn

University of Michigan

A recognized problem in mounting longitudinal surveys concerns the costs and difficulties in maintaining response rates over time. This article details the techniques used to minimize response loss in a longitudinal study which maintained an 89% response rate over five interviews covering a fifteen-year period. These techniques centered on two problems common to all longitudinal studies: the difficulties involved in relocating respondents for subsequent interviews, and the necessity of maintaining respondent cooperation over repeated interviews.

Sociological Methods & Research, Vol. 9, No. 1, 87-98 (1980)
DOI: 10.1177/004912418000900104
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