Interviewing Older Adults: A Comparison of Telephone and Face-to-Face Modalities

Journal Article Interviewing Older Adults: A Comparison of Telephone and Face-to-Face Modalities Get access A. REGULA HERZOG, A. REGULA HERZOG A. Regula Herzog is Assistant Research Scientist at the Institute for Social Research and the Institute of Gerontology at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan. Willard L. Rodgers is Associate Research Scientist at the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan. Richard A. Kulka is Senior Survey Methodologist at Research Triangle Institute, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. This article is a revised and abbreviated version of three papers presented atthe 33rd Annual Meeting of the Gerontological Society, San Diego, November 1980. This research was supported by USPHS Grant No. AGO2038 from the National Institute on Aging. The authors wish to thank Lynn Dielman and Mary Grace Moore for able research assistance; Charles Cannell, Philip Converse, Richard Curtin, Robert Groves, Robert Kahn, and the late Angus Campbell for data from several unreleased surveys; and Charles Cannell, Robert Groves, and Berit Ingersoll for helpful comments on an earlier version of this paper. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar WILLARD L. RODGERS, WILLARD L. RODGERS A. Regula Herzog is Assistant Research Scientist at the Institute for Social Research and the Institute of Gerontology at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan. Willard L. Rodgers is Associate Research Scientist at the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan. Richard A. Kulka is Senior Survey Methodologist at Research Triangle Institute, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. This article is a revised and abbreviated version of three papers presented atthe 33rd Annual Meeting of the Gerontological Society, San Diego, November 1980. This research was supported by USPHS Grant No. AGO2038 from the National Institute on Aging. The authors wish to thank Lynn Dielman and Mary Grace Moore for able research assistance; Charles Cannell, Philip Converse, Richard Curtin, Robert Groves, Robert Kahn, and the late Angus Campbell for data from several unreleased surveys; and Charles Cannell, Robert Groves, and Berit Ingersoll for helpful comments on an earlier version of this paper. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar RICHARD A. KULKA RICHARD A. KULKA A. Regula Herzog is Assistant Research Scientist at the Institute for Social Research and the Institute of Gerontology at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan. Willard L. Rodgers is Associate Research Scientist at the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan. Richard A. Kulka is Senior Survey Methodologist at Research Triangle Institute, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. This article is a revised and abbreviated version of three papers presented atthe 33rd Annual Meeting of the Gerontological Society, San Diego, November 1980. This research was supported by USPHS Grant No. AGO2038 from the National Institute on Aging. The authors wish to thank Lynn Dielman and Mary Grace Moore for able research assistance; Charles Cannell, Philip Converse, Richard Curtin, Robert Groves, Robert Kahn, and the late Angus Campbell for data from several unreleased surveys; and Charles Cannell, Robert Groves, and Berit Ingersoll for helpful comments on an earlier version of this paper. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Public Opinion Quarterly, Volume 47, Issue 3, FALL 1983, Pages 405–418, https://doi.org/10.1086/268798 Published: 01 January 1983