Table 6 Root-Mean-Square Error for CAPI and Mixed mode, Wave 5–10
From: Effects of mixing modes on nonresponse and measurement error in an economic panel survey
Wave 5 | Wave 6 | Wave 7 | Wave 8 | Wave 9 | Wave 10 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CAPI | Mixed | CAPI | Mixed | CAPI | Mixed | CAPI | Mixed | CAPI | Mixed | CAPI | Mixed | |
Sex (male, %) | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 2.4 | 1.9 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 3.3 | 2.2 |
Non-German (%) | 3.0 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 5.5 | 4.8 | 5.9 | 5.6 | 5.5 | 5.2 | 6.6 | 6.2 |
Age (in years) | 1.8 | 2.4 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 5.2 | 4.8 | 5.7 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 4.4 |
Income (in Euro) | 57.8 | 49.6 | 54.1 | 64.8 | 116.8 | 76.4 | 99.6 | 63.0 | 96.7 | 74.4 | 146.5 | 99.8 |
Unemployment benefit receipt (actual, %) | 1.5 | 1.9 | 2.5 | 2.7 | 5.9 | 5.7 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 4.3 | 3.6 |
Unemployment benefit receipt (last 2 years, %) | 4.1 | 5.1 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 4.9 | 5.2 | 4.5 | 3.9 | 6.8 | 5.5 | 6.4 | 5.9 |
Employment subject to social security (actual, %) | 1.8 | 1.4 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 2.7 | 2.2 | 2.7 | 2.1 | 3.1 | 2.4 | 3.7 | 3.4 |
Employment subject to social security (last 2 years, %) | 3.9 | 3.8 | 2.5 | 2.2 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 4.5 | 3.0 | 6.5 | 5.6 | 4.7 | 3.3 |
Number of variables with MSE (CAPI) > MSE (Mixed) | 4 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 8 | ||||||