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March 8, 2026Journal of African Economies

When the going gets tough: experimental evidence of respondent fatigue in household surveys

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MTMartin Paul Jr. Tabe-OjongKAKibrom A AbayGAGashaw T Abate

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Experiment finds reduced household member reporting in surveys, indicating how survey design affects data quality.

Key Points

  • The research examines how respondent fatigue influences household surveys and data accuracy.
  • Designed an experiment with respondents assigned to committed and uncommitted household member listing rosters.
  • Measured the number of household members reported under different listing options.
  • Found a 6–7% reduction in household members listed with the uncommitted roster.
  • Implied that 1 in 5 respondents reported an extra household member using the committed method.

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Tabe-Ojong et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69acc59c32b0ef16a40500d4https://doi.org/10.1093/jae/ejag001
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