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Survey Participation Rates and Preferred Days: LORE Research Findings

Discover how the day of the week impacts survey response rates and preferences in this research by the Laboratory of Opinion Research (LORE) at the University of Gothenburg. Explore web survey experiments, panel data, and methodological evaluations with insights from over 57,000 opt-in Citizen Panel members. Learn about the effects of survey invitation days and respondents' preferred survey response days. Results indicate a preference for Mondays-Thursdays and Sundays, with positive reception on the day of receiving the survey. Visit lore.gu.se for more information.

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Survey Participation Rates and Preferred Days: LORE Research Findings

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  1. What Day of the Week Would You Like to Answer Our Survey? Maria Andreasson, B.A. Laboratory of Opinion Research (LORE) Department of Political Science University of Gothenburg

  2. Overview • Different weekdays participation rate- after 24 hours- after 6 days- after 8 days and one reminder - after 14 days • Respondents preferred day for survey response

  3. Laboratoryof Opinion Research (LORE) • Web survey experiments • Panel data • Methodological evaluations

  4. Panels • The Citizen Panel • 57,000 opt-in • 9,000 probability recruited • Non-commercial • No incentives • The Panel of Politicians • 4,000 politicians on national, regional and local level, opt-in • The Panel of Journalists • 1,700 opt-in

  5. Research collaborations Open call for proposals at lore.gu.se

  6. Survey design • 11,300 pre-recruited members of the Citizen Panel • Mix of opt-in (74%) and probability sample (26%) • Randomly assigned day of the week for survey invitation (n=1,600/day) • Survey invitation Wednesday 15th-Tuesday 21st October 2014 • A reminder sent after one week

  7. Participation rates • Clicking on survey link in email invitation • Excluding email bounces

  8. Results: Participation rates after 24 hours (%)

  9. Results: Participation rates after 6 days (%)

  10. Results: Participation rates after 8 days (%)

  11. Results: Participation rates after 14 days (%)

  12. Preferred day for survey (%)

  13. Preferred day for survey (%)

  14. Preferred day for survey (%)

  15. Difference of preferred day of survey if invitation same day and response within 24 hours (percentage points)

  16. Summary • Invitation day has significant effects on participation rates after 24 hours - Saturday worst - Early days of the week best • No significant effects after 6 days or more • Respondents say they prefer surveys on Mondays-Thursdays and Sundays • Respondents more positive to receiving surveys on the day they actually receive it • Respondents even more positive once they have tried the day, especially Saturday and Sunday

  17. Thank you!You can read more atlore.gu.se

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