TY - JOUR A1 - Bignami-Van Assche, Simona A1 - Reniers, Georges A1 - Weinreb, Alexander A. T1 - An Assessment of the KDICP and MDICP Data Quality: Interviewer Effects, Question Reliability and Sample Attrition Y1 - 2003/09/19 JF - Demographic Research JO - Demographic Research SN - 1435-9871 SP - 31 EP - 76 DO - 10.4054/DemRes.2003.S1.2 VL - S1 IS - 0 UR - https://www.demographic-research.org/special/1/0/ L1 - https://www.demographic-research.org/special/1/0/s1-0.pdf L2 - https://www.demographic-research.org/special/1/0/s1-0.pdf N2 - This paper evaluates the quality of the data collected as part of the Kenya and Malawi Diffusion and Ideational Change Projects, two longitudinal household surveys that examine the role of social networks in influencing attitudes and behavior regarding family size, family planning, and HIV/AIDS in, respectively, rural Kenya and Malawi. We investigate three sources of non-sampling error: interviewer effects, response reliability and sample attrition, highlighting the interaction between them, and paying particular attention to their implications for AIDS-related behavioral research. ER -