TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Holford, Angus J.
AU  - Pudney, Stephen
        TI  - Survey Design and the Determinants of Subjective Wellbeing: An Experimental Analysis
        PY  - 2015/Jan/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 8760
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp8760
        AB  - We analyse the results of experiments on questionnaire design and interview mode in the first four waves (2008-11) of the UK Understanding Society Innovation Panel survey. The randomised experiments relate to job, health, income, leisure and overall life-satisfaction questions and vary the labeling of response scales, mode of interviewing, and location of questions within the interview. We find significant evidence of an influence of interview mode and question design on the distribution of reported satisfaction measures, particularly for women. Results from the sort of conditional modeling used to address real research questions appear less vulnerable to design influences.
        KW  - survey design
KW  - wellbeing
KW  - satisfaction
KW  - response bias
KW  - Understanding Society
        ER  -