Does the long form questionnaire decrease the response rate?
Before 1940, everyone had to answer all the questions that the census collected. The long form questions – asked only of a sample of households – was introduced as a way to collect more data, more rapidly, without increasing respondent burden. The National Academy of Science’s Panel on Census Requirements in the Year 2000 and Beyond looked at the question of whether the long form discourages participation in the census. They found that the difference in mail return rates between the long and short forms in 1990 reduced the overall mail return rate by less than one percentage point.
Before 1940, everyone had to answer all the questions that the census collected. The long form questions B asked only of a sample of households B was introduced as a way to collect more data, more rapidly, without increasing respondent burden. The National Academy of Sciences Panel on Census Requirements in the Year 2000 and Beyond looked at the question of whether the long form discourages participation in the census. They found that the difference in mail return rates between the long and short forms in 1990 reduced the overall mail return rate by less than one percentage point. I.
Before 1940, everyone had to answer all the questions that the census collected. The long form questions – asked only of a sample of households – was introduced as a way to collect more data, more rapidly, without increasing respondent burden. The National Academy of Science’s Panel on Census Requirements in the Year 2000 and Beyond looked at the question of whether the long form discourages participation in the census. They found that the difference in mail return rates between the long and short forms in 1990 reduced the overall mail return rate by less than one percentage point.
Before 1940, everyone had to answer all the questions that the census collected. The long form questions – asked only of a sample of households – was introduced as a way to collect more data, more rapidly, without increasing respondent burden. The National Academy of Science’s Panel on Census Requirements in the Year 2000 and Beyond looked at the question of whether the long form discourages participation in the census. They found that the difference in mail return rates between the long and short forms in 1990 reduced the overall mail return rate by less than one percentage point.
