ArticleJMIR mHealth and uHealth2020
Automated and Interviewer-Administered Mobile Phone Surveys in Burkina Faso: Sociodemographic Differences Among Female Mobile Phone Survey Respondents and Nonrespondents.
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- Performance and Resource Requirements of In-Person, Voice Call, and Automated Telephone-Based Socioeconomic Data Collection Modalities for Community-Based Health Programs: A Systematic Review.JAMA network open · 2022Pooled it
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- Understanding retention in longitudinal surveys conducted by mobile phone in lower-resource contexts: A case study from Kenya.PloS one · 2026Article
- A multi-country comparison between mobile phone surveys and face-to-face household surveys to estimate the prevalence of non-communicable diseases behavioural risk factors in low- and middle-income settings.BMJ global health · 2025Article
- Exploring barriers to IVR surveys and the effectiveness of human follow-up calls: insights from a mixed methods study in Uganda.Oxford open digital health · 2025Article
- DYnamics of Contraception in Eswatini (DYCE): protocol for a high-frequency, longitudinal cell phone survey.BMJ open · 2024Article
- Assessment of App-Based Versus Conventional Survey Modalities for Reproductive Health Research in India, South Africa, and the United States: Comparative Cross-Sectional Study.JMIR formative research · 2023Article
- Participatory Surveillance of COVID-19 in Lesotho via Weekly Calls: Protocol for Cell Phone Data Collection.JMIR research protocols · 2021Article
- Design and Field Methods of the ARISE Network COVID-19 Rapid Monitoring Survey.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2021Article
- Representativeness of individual-level data in COVID-19 phone surveys: Findings from Sub-Saharan Africa.PloS one · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe remarkable growth of cell phone ownership in low- and middle-income countries has generated significant interest in using cell phones for conducting surveys through computer-assisted telephone interviews, live interviewer-administered surveys, or automated surveys (ie, interactive voice response).
objectiveThis study aimed to compare, by mode, the sociodemographic characteristics of cell phone owners who completed a follow-up phone survey with those who did not complete the survey.
methodsThe study was based on a nationally representative sample of women aged 15 to 49 years who reported cell phone ownership during a household survey in Burkina Faso in 2016. Female cell phone owners were randomized to participate in a computer-assisted telephone interview or hybrid interactive voice response follow-up phone survey 11 months after baseline interviews. Completion of the phone survey was defined as participants responding to more than 50% of questions in the phone survey. We investigated sociodemographic characteristics associated with cell phone survey completion using multivariable logistic regression models, stratifying the analysis by survey mode and by directly comparing computer-assisted telephone interview and hybrid interactive voice response respondents.
resultsA total of 1766 women were called for the phone survey between November 5 and 17, 2017. In both the computer-assisted telephone interview and hybrid interactive voice response samples, women in urban communities and women with secondary education or higher were more likely to complete the survey than their rural and less-educated counterparts. Compared directly, women who completed the hybrid interactive voice response survey had higher odds of having a secondary education than those who completed computer-assisted telephone interviews (odds ratio 1.7, 95% CI 1.1-2.6).
conclusionsIn Burkina Faso, computer-assisted telephone interviews are the preferred method of conducting cell phone surveys owing to less sample distortion and a higher response rate compared with a hybrid interactive voice response survey.
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