Abstract
This article analyzes the effect of interviewers’ physical attractiveness on
cooperation rates in face-to-face interviews and survey responses (self-reports
on physical appearance, weight, and health). This article includes four aspects
of physical attractiveness (facial attractiveness, voice attractiveness, body mass
index [BMI], and height) and reports that (1) interviewers with more attractive
faces and lower BMI have higher cooperation rates, (2) differences in interviewers’
personality (Big Five, Rosenberg self-esteem) account for about one
third of the total effect of facial attractiveness on cooperation rates, and (3)
being interviewed by a more attractive interviewer leads to more positive selfreports on physical appearance, weight, and health (but does not affect selfreports
unrelated to physical appearance).
cooperation rates in face-to-face interviews and survey responses (self-reports
on physical appearance, weight, and health). This article includes four aspects
of physical attractiveness (facial attractiveness, voice attractiveness, body mass
index [BMI], and height) and reports that (1) interviewers with more attractive
faces and lower BMI have higher cooperation rates, (2) differences in interviewers’
personality (Big Five, Rosenberg self-esteem) account for about one
third of the total effect of facial attractiveness on cooperation rates, and (3)
being interviewed by a more attractive interviewer leads to more positive selfreports on physical appearance, weight, and health (but does not affect selfreports
unrelated to physical appearance).
| Originalsprog | Engelsk |
|---|---|
| Tidsskrift | Sociological Methods & Research |
| Vol/bind | 48 |
| Udgave nummer | 1 |
| Sider (fra-til) | 156-184 |
| ISSN | 0049-1241 |
| DOI | |
| Status | Udgivet - 1 feb. 2019 |
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