Measuring consumption over the phone: Evidence from a survey experiment in urban Ethiopia

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dc.creatorAbate, Gashaw T.
dc.creatorde Brauw, Alan
dc.creatorHirvonen, Kalle
dc.creatorWolle, Abdulazize
dc.date2021-12-31
dc.date2024-05-22T12:14:07Z
dc.date2024-05-22T12:14:07Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T15:00:16Z
dc.descriptionThe paucity of reliable and timely household consumption data in many low- and middle-income countries have made it practically impossible to assess how global poverty has evolved during the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite the burst of phone surveys, there has been few attempts to collect household consumption data. To test the feasibility of collecting consumption data over the phone, we conducted a survey experiment in urban Ethiopia, randomly assigning a balanced sample to either a phone or an in-person interview. The average value of per capita consumption is 23 percent lower, and the estimated poverty headcount is twice as high in the phone survey relative to the in-person survey. We see evidence of survey fatigue occurring early on in phone interviews but not in in-person interviews, and the bias is correlated with household characteristics. While the phone survey mode provides lower costs, it cannot replace in-person surveys for household consumption measurement.
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dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/143434
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/91786
dc.languageen
dc.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Institute
dc.relationhttps://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.134018
dc.relationhttps://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133766
dc.relationhttps://doi.org/10.35188/UNU-WIDER/2022/227-0
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceAbate, Gashaw Tadesse; de Brauw, Alan; Hirvonen, Kalle; and Wolle, Abdulazize. 2021. Measuring consumption over the phone: Evidence from a survey experiment in urban Ethiopia. IFPRI Discussion Paper 2087. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.134939.
dc.subjectsurveys
dc.subjectcovid-19
dc.subjecthouseholds
dc.subjecturban areas
dc.subjectfood security
dc.subjectfood consumption
dc.subjectinformation and communication technologies
dc.subjectsurvey design
dc.subjectpoverty
dc.titleMeasuring consumption over the phone: Evidence from a survey experiment in urban Ethiopia
dc.typeWorking Paper

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