Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/65979 
Year of Publication: 
2010
Series/Report no.: 
ISER Working Paper Series No. 2010-28
Publisher: 
University of Essex, Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER), Colchester
Abstract: 
In the UK, in order to link individual-level administrative records to survey responses, a respondent needs to give their written consent. This paper explores whether characteristics of the respondent, the interviewer or survey design features influence consent. We use the BHPS combined with a survey of interviewers to model the probability that respondents consent to adding health and social security records to their survey responses. We find that some respondent characteristics and characteristics of the interview process within the household matter. By contrast, interviewer characteristics, including personality and attitudes to persuading respondents, are not associated with consent.
Subjects: 
Consent
Data linkage
BHPS
Administrative records
Interviewer characteristics
Survey design features
JEL: 
C81
C83
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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