Research and analysis

Community Life Survey: experimental online survey findings

These documents outline the findings from the Community Life Survey experimental work, conducted by TNS BMRB.

• From: Department for Culture, Media and Sport and Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
• Published: 9 October 2015
• Last updated: 30 November 2017 — See all updates

Documents

Investigating the viability of moving from a face-to-face to an online/postal mode: evidence from a series of methodological studies 2012-2015

PDF, 716 KB, 40 pages

Disentangling sample and mode effects

PDF, 691 KB, 20 pages

Investigating the feasibility of sampling all adults in the household

PDF, 411 KB, 10 pages

Details

These documents outline the findings from the Community Life Survey experimental work, which was conducted by TNS BMRB, alongside the face-to-face survey to test the feasibility of moving to a web-based methodology. Four phases of testing were conducted.

The documents include an overall report which discusses findings from all 4 testing phases, a report on the ‘all adults’ sampling approach and a report testing sample effects and mode effects on survey results. An initial findings report was published previously.

Read the consultation on the future of the Community Life Survey.

Revision

Amendment on 30 November 2017: The Disentangling sample and mode effects report has been revised following the discovery of an error in one of the analysis weights. Details of this revision and the impact are given in the revised report

Published 9 October 2015
Last updated 30 November 2017 + show all updates

1. 30 November 2017

   The Disentangling sample and mode effects report has been revised following the discovery of an error in one of the analysis weights. Details of this revision and the impact are given in the revised report

2. 9 October 2015

   First published.