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2016 | 2/2016 (60), t.2 | 9-23

Article title

When “I Don’t Know” Means a Lot – Moderators and Mediators of Age-Related Changes in Uninformative Answers

Content

Title variants

PL
Kiedy „nie mam zdania” znaczy wiele – moderatory i mediatory związanych z wiekiem zmian w skłonności do udzielania odpowiedzi beztreściowych

Languages of publication

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Abstracts

EN
Our paper focused on identifying moderators (i.a. question difficulty) and mediators (i.a. health condition) allowing for better understanding of the relationship between ageing and respondents’ tendency to select uninformative answers (“do not know”, “have no opinion” etc.). Our results, based on data obtained in three waves of PGSS study (2002, 2005, 2010), support previous research linking preference for uninformative answers with age-related cognitive decline
PL
Artykuł koncentruje się na identyfikacji moderatorów (m.in. złożoności pytań) i mediatorów (m.in. stanu zdrowia), które pozwalają lepiej zrozumieć związek pomiędzy starzeniem się a skłonnością respondentów do udzielania odpowiedzi beztreściowych („nie wiem”, „nie mam zdania” itd.). Nasze wyniki opierające się na danych uzyskanych w trzech falach badania PGSS (2002, 2005, 2010) są zgodne z wcześniejszymi doniesieniami łączącymi tendencję do udzielania odpowiedzi beztreściowych z ograniczeniami poznawczymi związanymi z wiekiem.

Year

Pages

9-23

Physical description

Dates

issued
2016-06-30

Contributors

  • SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanitie
  • SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanitie
  • SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanitie
  • University of Warsaw, Philosophy and Sociology Department, Institute of Sociology
author
  • University of Warsaw, The R. B. Zajonc Institute for Social Studies
  • University of Warsaw, Institute of Applied Social Sciences

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Document Type

Publication order reference

Identifiers

ISSN
1644-9584

YADDA identifier

bwmeta1.element.desklight-97440f5a-9eff-44ee-bf3e-e35f2106bf32
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