Getting it Right: Estimating the Share of Volunteers in Denmark
Abraham, Helms and Presser (2009) demonstrated that people who volunteer are more likely to participate in surveys. The apparent consequence of such a pattern among respondents is that estimates of volunteering could be biased. Surveys with voluntary work as the main topic could be further biased du...
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| description | Abraham, Helms and Presser (2009) demonstrated that people who volunteer are more likely to participate in surveys. The apparent consequence of such a pattern among respondents is that estimates of volunteering could be biased. Surveys with voluntary work as the main topic could be further biased due to the volunteers’ interest on this issue compared with non-volunteers. The article uses panel data from Denmark in order to examine the bias due to panel attrition as a special kind of nonresponse bias and its consequences for estimates of volunteering. The results show that panel attrition leads to an overestimation of the share of people who volunteer. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-de2f129f86a14dc8b5d1fea0da0df0bf2025-08-20T03:24:40ZengScandinavian University PressNordic Journal of Social Research1892-27832018-02-01910.7577/njsr.21462146Getting it Right: Estimating the Share of Volunteers in DenmarkJonathan Hermansen0University College UCCAbraham, Helms and Presser (2009) demonstrated that people who volunteer are more likely to participate in surveys. The apparent consequence of such a pattern among respondents is that estimates of volunteering could be biased. Surveys with voluntary work as the main topic could be further biased due to the volunteers’ interest on this issue compared with non-volunteers. The article uses panel data from Denmark in order to examine the bias due to panel attrition as a special kind of nonresponse bias and its consequences for estimates of volunteering. The results show that panel attrition leads to an overestimation of the share of people who volunteer.https://journals.hioa.no/index.php/njsr/article/view/2146volunteeringpanel attritionparticipationsocial desirability |
| spellingShingle | Jonathan Hermansen Getting it Right: Estimating the Share of Volunteers in Denmark Nordic Journal of Social Research volunteering panel attrition participation social desirability |
| title | Getting it Right: Estimating the Share of Volunteers in Denmark |
| title_full | Getting it Right: Estimating the Share of Volunteers in Denmark |
| title_fullStr | Getting it Right: Estimating the Share of Volunteers in Denmark |
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| title_short | Getting it Right: Estimating the Share of Volunteers in Denmark |
| title_sort | getting it right estimating the share of volunteers in denmark |
| topic | volunteering panel attrition participation social desirability |
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