Partial non-response in political elite studies: an approach to parliamentary elites in Latin America

[EN] This paper provides empirical evidence on the prevalence and explanation of partial nonresponse in surveys conducted among political elites. We use data from the Parliamentary Elites of Latin America (PELA) project, a face-to-face survey conducted in each Latin American country for each legisla...

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Autores: Mateos Díaz, Araceli, Corral, Margarita
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Fecha de publicación:2022
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Salamanca (USAL)
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Palabra clave:Partial non-response
Parliamentary elites
Quality
Surveys
59 Ciencia Política
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spelling Partial non-response in political elite studies: an approach to parliamentary elites in Latin AmericaMateos Díaz, AraceliCorral, MargaritaPartial non-responseParliamentary elitesQualitySurveys59 Ciencia Política[EN] This paper provides empirical evidence on the prevalence and explanation of partial nonresponse in surveys conducted among political elites. We use data from the Parliamentary Elites of Latin America (PELA) project, a face-to-face survey conducted in each Latin American country for each legislative period over the last 25 years. Given the scarce literature on partial non-response in relation to elites, we use some of the explanations found in citizen survey studies as a starting point. Taking into account the multilevel nature of the data (parliamentarians grouped into countries and legislative periods or waves), we have estimated a multilevel Poisson model with two levels. First level (individual) variables are: gender, age, education level, and legislative experience. Second level (contextual) variables are: country and survey wave. In a second model, we also included the gender of the research team as a control variable. Results show that variables explaining a higher rate of partial non-response in elites are, as with studies among the general population, the age and gender of the interviewee. Older representatives and female legislators tend to indicate ‘don’t know’ or ‘no answer’ more frequently than younger and male representatives. Furthermore, part of the variation in non-response rates can be attributed to the country and survey wave.Springer202520252022info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://hdl.handle.net/10366/166425reponame:GREDOS. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Salamancainstname:Universidad de Salamanca (USAL)InglésAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacionalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/embargoedAccessoai:gredos.usal.es:10366/1664252026-06-07T06:28:51Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Partial non-response in political elite studies: an approach to parliamentary elites in Latin America
title Partial non-response in political elite studies: an approach to parliamentary elites in Latin America
spellingShingle Partial non-response in political elite studies: an approach to parliamentary elites in Latin America
Mateos Díaz, Araceli
Partial non-response
Parliamentary elites
Quality
Surveys
59 Ciencia Política
title_short Partial non-response in political elite studies: an approach to parliamentary elites in Latin America
title_full Partial non-response in political elite studies: an approach to parliamentary elites in Latin America
title_fullStr Partial non-response in political elite studies: an approach to parliamentary elites in Latin America
title_full_unstemmed Partial non-response in political elite studies: an approach to parliamentary elites in Latin America
title_sort Partial non-response in political elite studies: an approach to parliamentary elites in Latin America
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Mateos Díaz, Araceli
Corral, Margarita
author Mateos Díaz, Araceli
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Corral, Margarita
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Partial non-response
Parliamentary elites
Quality
Surveys
59 Ciencia Política
topic Partial non-response
Parliamentary elites
Quality
Surveys
59 Ciencia Política
description [EN] This paper provides empirical evidence on the prevalence and explanation of partial nonresponse in surveys conducted among political elites. We use data from the Parliamentary Elites of Latin America (PELA) project, a face-to-face survey conducted in each Latin American country for each legislative period over the last 25 years. Given the scarce literature on partial non-response in relation to elites, we use some of the explanations found in citizen survey studies as a starting point. Taking into account the multilevel nature of the data (parliamentarians grouped into countries and legislative periods or waves), we have estimated a multilevel Poisson model with two levels. First level (individual) variables are: gender, age, education level, and legislative experience. Second level (contextual) variables are: country and survey wave. In a second model, we also included the gender of the research team as a control variable. Results show that variables explaining a higher rate of partial non-response in elites are, as with studies among the general population, the age and gender of the interviewee. Older representatives and female legislators tend to indicate ‘don’t know’ or ‘no answer’ more frequently than younger and male representatives. Furthermore, part of the variation in non-response rates can be attributed to the country and survey wave.
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