RT Article
T1 Response errors in surveys of defensive gun use: a national internet survey experiment
JF Crime & delinquency
VO 64
IS 9
SP 1119
OP 1142
A1 Kleck, Gary 1951-
LA English
YR 2018
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1578267528
AB A national Internet survey of a probability sample of 5,550 U.S. adults was used to study possible sources of error in surveys of defensive gun use (DGU). Respondents (Rs) were randomly exposed to variant question wordings, question sequences, and combinations of questions. Rs were 70% more likely to report a victimization when they were instructed to report incidents involving offenders known to them, and 43% more likely to report a victimization if they were instructed to include incidents that resulted in no injury or property loss. Rs were 125% more likely to report DGUs if they were directly asked about DGU than if they were first asked about victimization experiences, then asked about DGU in connection with those experiences.
K1 defensive gun use
K1 surveys
K1 response errors
K1 firearms
K1 DGU prevalence
DO 10.1177/0011128718763138