Similarity in response behavior between household members: An application to income evaluation

In many household surveys questions are posed to one of the members of the household, assuming that he represents the household. For observed behavior this is mostly permissible; however, for attitudes and opinions, the representativeness is dubious. In this note we report our finding that for subje...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of economic psychology 1998-08, Vol.19 (4), p.497-513
Hauptverfasser: Plug, Erik J.S., Van Praag, Bernard M.S.
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:In many household surveys questions are posed to one of the members of the household, assuming that he represents the household. For observed behavior this is mostly permissible; however, for attitudes and opinions, the representativeness is dubious. In this note we report our finding that for subjective questions of the Leyden-type both adult partners appear to answer almost identically. PsycINFO classification: 2229; 2950; 3920
ISSN:0167-4870
1872-7719
DOI:10.1016/S0167-4870(98)00023-3