Challenges to Telephone Survey Sampling: Frames and Weighting Strategies

The growing number of households with only cellular phones and no landline telephones, is decreasing the coverage of the landline frame. Dual frame sample designs are considered which draw phone numbers from the landline and the cellular number frame. Cellular phones may be used as personal or household devices. Weighting strategies appropriate to compensate for unequal probabilities in selecting dual frame samples are proposed. Also, some current issues are discussed.