The Malawi Diffusion and Ideational Change Project 2004–06: Data collection, data quality, and analysis of attrition

Authors

Philip Anglewicz
Jimi Adams
Francis Obare Onyango, Population Council
Hans Peter Kohler
Susan Watkins

Document Type

Article (peer-reviewed)

Publication Date

2009

Abstract

In this paper we evaluate the quality of survey data collected by the Malawi Diffusion and Ideational Change Project by investigating four potential sources of bias: sample representativeness, interviewer effects, response unreliability, and sample attrition. We discuss the results of our analysis and implications of our findings for the collection of data in similar contexts.

DOI

10.4054/DemRes.2009.20.21

Language

English

Recommended Citation

Anglewicz, Philip, Jimi Adams, Frances Obare, Hans Peter Kohler, and Susan Watkins. 2009. "The Malawi Diffusion and Ideational Change Project 2004–06: Data collection, data quality, and analysis of attrition," Demographic Research 20: 503–540.