to give their consent. Using an unprecedented set of respondent, interview, and interviewer characteristics derived from … the British Household Panel Survey (BHPS) matched with an interviewer survey, this research investigates which … characteristics influence consent to adding health and social security records to the survey responses. We find that consent is …

informed consent from respondents. Obtaining consent from all respondents is a difficult challenge and one that faces … significant resistance. Consequently, data linkage consent rates vary widely from study to study. Several studies have found … underlying mechanisms of consent from a theory-driven perspective. In this study, we describe and test several hypotheses related …