Interviewee (Response Unit)

Interviewee (Response Unit)

This controlled vocabulary is bespoke for CLOSER. It describes the people who might be respondents on an instrument (the interviewee).

Response Unit

Additional details

Response Unit

Additional details

Cohort/sample member

The main cohort member/study participant

Main parent of cohort/sample member

In earlier studies this was assumed to be the mother

Partner of main parent/Father 

In earlier studies this was assumed to be the father

Child of cohort/panel member 

Offspring of the main cohort member/study participant

Proxy 

This is someone responding on behalf of a cohort member who is unable to respond themselves 

Interviewer 

In some cases, the interviewer was asked to give their assessment rather than ask the cohort member 

Other 

Examples include, nurse, midwife or teacher where they are completing the questionnaire about the cohort member rather than interviewing them