A behind-the-scenes blog about research methods at Pew Research Center. For our latest findings, visit pewresearch.org. The longer a survey is, the fewer people are willing to complete it. This is ...

For many household surveys in the United States, response rates have been steadily declining for at least the past two decades. A similar decline in survey response can be observed in all wealthy ...

This report documents the rich set of extant findings about the causes, consequences, and remedies for the general decline in survey response throughout the developed world. This decline represents a ...