Proxy reporting in education surveys: factors influencing accurate reporting in the 2012 Qatar Education Study |
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| Authors: | Jill Wittrock Linda Kimmel Brian Hunscher Kien Trung Le |
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| Institution: | 1. Center for Social and Behavioral Research, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA, USAjill.wittrock@uni.edu;3. Center for Political Studies, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA;4. Mathematica Policy Research, Ann Arbor, MI, USA;5. Social and Economic Survey Research Institute, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar |
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| Abstract: | AbstractProxy reporting is a common practice during survey data collection to increase response rates while reducing fieldwork costs, and agreement between proxies and self-reports is critical to make reliable and valid inferences. This study is the first to unpack what influences proxy accuracy in a non-Western setting using data from the 2012 Qatar Education Study. We find that agreement is a function of a student’s grade in school, grades, a parent’s level of education, and the interaction between immigration status and parent education. These findings suggest in multicultural contexts, agreement may vary based on factors beyond what is typically accounted when examining the components of reporting error as a result of using proxies over self-reports. |
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| Keywords: | Proxy reporting measurement error Middle East and North Africa immigration cross-cultural survey design |
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