Client Research

The objective of this line of research is to provide insights to recruit and improve retention of Hispanic, Latino, and Spanish speaking populations into probability-based representative samples. Since beginning this research in 2016, my team has run four field experiments to improve recruitment and retention of the Hispanic and Latino population for the AmeriSpeak® Panel.

AmeriSpeak is a nationally representative panel of U.S. adults, which provides sample coverage for over 97 percent of U.S. households and includes additional coverage of hard-to-survey population segments, such as rural, low-income, and Hispanic households. English and Spanish languages are supported for online, telephone, and in-person recruitment, as well as in client surveys.

Publications

Ilana M. Ventura, Nayade Crisologo, Ipek Bilgen, Enoch Platero, Erlina Hendarwan & David Dutwin. (2023) Improving Hispanic Panelist Retention: An Experiment Using Amerispeak. Forthcoming.

Ilana M. Ventura, Bautista-Martinez, R., Hendarwan, E. (2019) A Follow-up Experiment in Panel Recruitment for Spanish Speaking Populations: The AmeriSpeak Case Study. Presented at the 74th Annual Conference of the American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR) in Toronto.

Ilana M. Ventura, Bautista-Martinez, R., Gleicher, D., Milesi, C., Hendarwan, E. (2018) An Experiment in Panel Recruitment for Spanish Speaking Populations: The AmeriSpeak Case Study. In JSM Proceedings, Survey Research Methods Section. Alexandria, VA: American Statistical Association, pp. 3115–3126. http://www.asasrms.org/Proceedings/y2018/files/867013.pdf

Ilana M. Ventura, Bautista-Martinez, R., Gleicher, D., Milesi, C., Hendarwan, E. (2017) Panel Recruitment for Spanish Speaking Populations: The AmeriSpeak Case Study. In JSM Proceedings, Survey Research Methods Section. Alexandria, VA: American Statistical Association, pp. 3754–3760. http://www.asasrms.org/Proceedings/y2017/files/594088.pdf

The National Survey of Early Care and Education (NSECE) is a nationally representative study that documents the use and availability of child care and early education (CCEE) across the United States. The NSECE is funded by the Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation (OPRE) in the Administration for Children and Families (ACF), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. 

As part of the NSECE team at NORC, I work on data collection efforts, variable creation and data dissemination, as well as analytic efforts. 

Publications

Ilana Ventura, A Rupa Datta, Deborah Phillips, Roberta Weber. (2023) Experiences of Child Care and Early Education Centers at the Start of the COVID-19 Pandemic, OPRE Report 2023-xx, Washington DC: Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Forthcoming.

Sara Amadon, Joshua Borton, Ying-Chun Lin, Rebecca Madill, Jing Tang, Ilana Ventura, Grace Xie (2022). NSECE Snapshot: Employment Experiences of the 2019 Center-based Child Care Workforce during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Key Findings by Race and Ethnicity. OPRE Report #2022-xx, Washington DC: Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. https://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre/report/nsece-snapshot-employment-experiences-2019-center-based-child-care-workforce-during-0

Borton, Joshua, A. Rupa Datta, and Ilana Ventura. Snapshot: Parent Work Schedules in Households with Young Children. OPRE Report No. 2021-187, Washington DC: Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. 2021. https://www.acf.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/documents/opre/2019-nsece-parent-work-schedules_082021_toopre_508.pdf