A growing body of literature in low- and middle-income countries is challenging the long-held assumption that the respondent and interviewer should be strangers. We conducted a qualitative study in Burkina Faso comprised of in-depth interviews and focus group discussions to explore interviewers’ experiences of collecting data on sexual and reproductive health indicators in their communities, and their perceptions of how familiarity with the respondents influences measurement error and nonresponse. We found that interviewers perceive familiarity to affect the process of collecting data but has minimal impact on responses obtained. Rather, interviewers perceived the personality of the respondent and her willingness to disclose personal information to be of greater influence. This study illustrates the complexities of interviewer–respondent exchange, provides context for the hiring practices of future surveys, and suggests specific variables to check when assessing data quality.

在低收入和中等收入国家，越来越多的文学作品正在挑战长期以来一直认为受访者和访问者应该是陌生人的假设。我们在布基纳法索进行了定性研究，包括深入访谈和焦点小组讨论，以探讨访调员在社区中收集有关性健康和生殖健康指标数据的经验，以及他们对被访者的熟悉程度如何影响测量误差和无反应的看法。 。我们发现，访调员认为熟悉会影响数据收集的过程，但对获得的答复的影响却很小。相反，访问员认为受访者的个性以及她公开个人信息的意愿具有更大的影响力。这项研究说明了访调员与受访者交流的复杂性，