A Methodological Comparison of Landline and Mobile Surveys in Costa Rica

 

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Autores: Alfaro Córdoba, Marcela, Villarreal Galera, María Paula, Navarro Cerdas, Gustavo
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状态:Versión publicada
Fecha de Publicación:2010
实物特征:This article is a comparison between fixed phone and cellular phone survey methodology. We propose a new methodological tool for future work, when conductinga phone survey using fixed phones or cellular phones or a combination of both. The study sheds light on the fact that there are not meaningful differences in the time it takes to apply the survey by either means but there is a relevant dissimilarity related to the monetary costs, due to the fact that cell phone service is more expensive than the other. In addition, the interviewed subjects’ availability analysis demonstrated no important differences between users of fixed phones and users of cellular phones, and it established a higher degree of subjects’ availability from Monday through Friday during the evenings and Saturday afternoons. Furthermore, the work defines the differences in the socio-demographic profile of users in both technologies. The study also investigates differences in communication problems related to each of the phonetechnologies, such as non-answering rate, recalling needs, and other communication problems related to each of the phone technologies.
País:Portal de Revistas UCR
机构:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UCR
语言:Español
OAI Identifier:oai:portal.revistas.ucr.ac.cr:article/8601
在线阅读:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/reconomicas/article/view/8601
Palabra clave:Teléfonos celulares
Encuestas
Costa Rica
Metodología de trabajo de campo
Telephone
Cell phone
Survey
Survey fieldwork methodologies