Abstract
HIS report deals with two significant issues in survey research: the use of a mail questionnaire to survey elites, and the utility of large monetary incentives to improve the rate and quality of responses to a mail questionnaire. In the survey analyzed below a questionnaire was mailed to 291 individuals in 60 countries. Potential respondents in 20 countries were not promised any monetary incentive; in 20 other countries a $25 incentive was promised; and in the remaining 20 countries a $50 incentive was promised for the completion and return of the questionnaire. These potential respondents ranged from university professors to cabinet ministers. They were requested to complete a lengthy questionnaire (more than 100 close-ended and 15 openended questions). The purpose of the survey was to obtain detailed factual information and subjective opinions concerning the politics surrounding the family planning programs and population policies of developing countries in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Several procedures utilized in this survey differ from past studies of
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