NCT05602350

Testing Response Bias on Sensitive Topics in Self- Versus Enumerator-administered Surveys

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 7,500 (estimated)
• Sponsor: University of Chicago · Academic / Other
• Sex: Male
• Age: 9 Years – 16 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Within a survey of adolescent males in Medellin schools (mainly 13-year old boys) the researchers are randomizing whether survey respondents answer sensitive questions themselves or are asked the questions by an enumerator. Questions are of three main varieties: (1) antisocial behaviors, (2) symptoms of depression, and (3) symptoms of anxiety.

Conditions

• Bias, Implicit

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Self-administered survey	Subjects will self-administer questionnaire sections on sensitive topics: (1) antisocial behaviors, (2) symptoms of depression, and (3) symptoms of anxiety.
BEHAVIORAL	Enumerator-administered survey	Subjects will have enumerator-administered questionnaire sections on sensitive topics: (1) antisocial behaviors, (2) symptoms of depression, and (3) symptoms of anxiety.

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-09-12
• Primary completion: 2023-02-01
• Completion: 2023-09-01
• First posted: 2022-11-02
• Last updated: 2022-11-02

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Colombia