%0 Journal Article
%T Hello Beautiful? The Effect of Interviewer Physical Attractiveness on Cooperation Rates and Survey Responses
%A Mads Meier J£¿ger
%J Sociological Methods & Research
%@ 1552-8294
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/0049124116672677
%X 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 self-reports on physical appearance, weight, and health (but does not affect self-reports unrelated to physical appearance)
%K interviewer effect
%K physical attractiveness
%K response rate
%K survey response
%K personality
%K social desirability
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0049124116672677