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International Journal of Public Opinion Research Advance Access originally published online on February 4, 2008
International Journal of Public Opinion Research 2008 20(1):100-110; doi:10.1093/ijpor/edn007
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© The Author 2008. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of The World Association for Public Opinion Research. All rights reserved.

Effects of Interviewer Gender on Survey Responses: Findings from a Household Survey in Mexico

Francisco Flores-Macias and Chappell Lawson

Address correspondence to Francisco Flores-Macias, Department of Political Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Room E53-448, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA, E-mail: fflores@mit.edu

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In the social sciences, most studies on gender-of-interviewer effects have focused on questions dealing with sexual behavior and gender roles, as well as on response rates. Results from these analyses have been mixed, sometimes showing little evidence of effects (Johnson & DeLamater, 1976; Johnson & Moore, 1993) and other times suggesting non-trivial biases (Landis, Sullivan & Sheley, 1973; Galla, Frisone, Jeffrey, & Gaer, 1981; Lueptow, Moser, & Pendleton, 1990; Catania et al., 1996; Tu & Liao, 2007). In addition, response effects have not always been found in the same direction. While Galla et al. (1981) argue that more ‘non-traditional’ responses occur for both male and female respondents only when facing a female interviewer, Lueptow et al. (1990) and Huddy et al. (1997) sustain that effects are stronger among female respondents who are interviewed by another female, and . . . [Full Text of this Article]


   DATA AND METHODS
 

   RESULTS
 
GENDER-SENSITIVE ITEMS
ITEMS INSENSITIVE TO GENDER AND Response RATES

   DISCUSSION
 

   APPENDIX: QUESTION WORDING
 

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