Relatively few studies of impact of interviewer's sex on the response rate have been undertaken. A first, partial test of the hypothesis that the interviewer's sex only has an influence on the rate of volunteering when the topic is sex-related, was carried out. Male and female interviewers tried to gain cooperation from a sample of female respondents in a study of women's liberation. In agreement with the hypothesis, female interviewers obtained a significantly higher response rate than male interviewers.
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