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The effect of joint interviewing on the performance of gender

Seale, Clive; Charteris-Black, Jonathan; Dumelow, Carol; Locock, Louise; Ziebland, Sue

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Clive Seale

Carol Dumelow

Louise Locock

Sue Ziebland



Abstract

The authors report a series of controlled comparisons of fifty-eight one-to-one qualitative interviews and thirty-seven mixed-sex joint interviews on the same health-related topics. Their analysis identifies comparative keyword frequencies and is supported by qualitative investigations of keywords in context, drawing on existing relevant knowledge of common gender differences in language choice. Gender differences are reduced and women's perspectives are more prominent in joint interviews, so researchers wanting to find out about men's experiences concerning health-related topics such as those associated with fatherhood may find out more in one-to-one interviews with men. The greater readiness of men to engage in gender-stereotyped behavior in sole interviews, most of which involved a female interviewer, suggests that an interviewer's gender identity is perceived as somewhat neutral by comparison with the considerable salience of the gender of a joint respondent. This finding potentially contributes to knowledge of the qualitative interview as a special form of institutional talk. © 2008 Sage Publications.

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Seale, C., Charteris-Black, J., Dumelow, C., Locock, L., & Ziebland, S. (2008). The effect of joint interviewing on the performance of gender. Field Methods, 20(2), 107-128. https://doi.org/10.1177/1525822X07313837

Journal Article Type Article
Publication Date May 1, 2008
Publicly Available Date Jun 8, 2019
Journal Field Methods
Print ISSN 1525-822X
Electronic ISSN 1552-3969
Publisher SAGE Publications
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 20
Issue 2
Pages 107-128
DOI https://doi.org/10.1177/1525822X07313837
Keywords joint interviews, gender, health
Public URL https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/1014352
Publisher URL http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1525822X07313837

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