Conferences and symposiums National symposium for researchers and stakeholders: "Tackling and overcoming non-response in cohort and survey studies"
Welcome to a non-response hybrid seminar jointly arranged by the research infrastructure NEAR (National E-infrastructure for Aging Research) and REWHARD (Relations, Work and Health across the life-course – A Research Data infrastructure).
The symposium aims to examine the causes of declining response rates in cohort and survey studies and identify effective strategies to manage non-response, along with gaining practical insights from other studies. The symposium will be held onsite (limited spots available, first-come, first-served) and online.
The seminar is free, and everyone is welcome!
Registration
Programme
Introduction and welcome to the symposium
- Debora Rizzuto, Associate Professor, NEAR Director, Karolinska Institutet
- Martin Hällsten, Professor, PI of LNU, Stockholm University
SESSION I: Understand the Drop in Response Rate: Causes and Solutions
Session Chair: Serhiy Dekhtyar, Associate Professor, Karolinska Institutet
Why have response rates declined?
Nicklas Källebring, Head of IPSOS Public Affairs
How to improve response rates and incentives to participate in studies
Sebastian Lundmark, Researcher at the Society, Opinion, and Media (SOM) Institute, University of Gothenburg
How can we statistically address non-response rates?
Dan Hedlin, Professor, Department of Statistics, Stockholm University
Coffee break
Panel discussion among the speakers
Chair: Hugo Westerlund, Professor and Director of REWHARD, Stockholm University
Lunch
SESSION II: Experiences with managing non-response in cohort studies and surveys
Session Chair: Carin Lennartsson, Associate Professor, Karolinska Institutet
Dealing with non-response in the Swedish National Study on Aging and Care (SNAC)
- Amaia Caldéron-Larrañaga, Associate Professor and PI of SNAC-Kungsholmen, Karolinska Institutet
- Sölve Elmståhl, Professor and PI of SNAC-Skåne/GÅS, Lund University
Tackling non-response in Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA)
Parminder Raina, Professor and Director of CLSA, McMaster University
Addressing non-response in English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA)
Paola Zaninotto, Professor and Deputy Director of ELSA, University College London
Dealing with non-response in Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE)
Arne Bethmann, Doctor and SHARE Germany Country Team Leader, SHARE Berlin Institute
Coffee break
Panel discussion among the speakers
Chair: Hugo Westerlund, Professor and Director of REWHARD, Stockholm University