[lbo-talk] cell phones & RDD

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Sat Aug 2 08:26:15 PDT 2003


I asked the American Association for Public Opinion Research listserv what the problem was with the shift from land lines to cell phones, since cells can theoretically be reached with random digit dialing. The reason is that cell numbers aren't included in RDD generators because subscribers can be billed for incoming calls (though, these days, who ever uses up the thousands of minutes they're entitled to?). This has resulted in a loss of about 1% of potential households.

Doug



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