RT Article
T1 Nonresponse bias when estimating victimization rates: A nonresponse analysis using latent class analysis
JF International review of victimology
VO 28
IS 1
SP 109
OP 133
A1 Leitgöb-Guzy, Nathalie 1982-
LA English
YR 2022
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1786542943
AB The study expands empirical knowledge on nonresponse bias when estimating victimization rates by using latent class analysis (LCA). Based on information about proxy-nonrespondents (hard-to-reach respondents and soft refusals), the study identifies subgroup(s) of persons who are systematically underrepresented by refusal and unreachability and determines whether an over- or underestimation of different offense-specific crime rates (prevalence and incidence rates) is to be expected. Therefore, a broad review of the current state of research is carried out, followed by a nonresponse analysis of a large-scale victimization survey conducted in Germany (n = 35,503). The paper illustrates that a variety of factors must be considered when analyzing nonresponse in victimization surveys and that the current state of research does not allow definitive conclusions about the amount and direction of nonresponse bias. The following analysis shows that LCA constitutes an excellent approach to determine nonresponse bias in surveys. In each sample, one class of person was identified that is systematically underrepresented, both by refusal and unreachability. Here, victimization rates of violent crime tend to be significantly higher, indicating an underestimation of crime rates.
K1 Proxy-nonrespondents
K1 Latent Class Analysis
K1 Victimization rates
K1 Nonresponse analysis
K1 nonresponse bias
K1 Victimization Surveys
DO 10.1177/02697580211014781