Context Effects on Survey Responses to Questions About Abortion

Authors:
  • HSHoward Schuman
    Howard Schuman
  • SPStanley Presser
    Stanley Presser
  • JLJacob Ludwig
    Jacob Ludwig
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Abstract
Previous studies have found a race-of-interviewer effect on survey questions dealing with racial issues. This effect has been found in both personal interviews and on questionnaires filled out in the presence of an interviewer. This study examines whether a race-of-interviewer effect is also present in telephone interviews. The results show that a race-of-interviewer effect does occur in telephone interviews on racial questions.