@article{HippBuenningMunnesetal.2020,
  author    = {Hipp, Lena and B{\"u}nning, Mareike and Munnes, Stefan and Sauermann, Armin},
  title     = {Problems and pitfalls of retrospective survey questions in COVID-19 studies},
  series = {Survey research methods},
  volume    = {14},
  journal   = {Survey research methods},
  number    = {2},
  publisher = {European Survey Research Association},
  address   = {Konstanz},
  issn      = {1864-3361},
  doi       = {10.18148/srm/2020.v14i2.7741},
  pages     = {109 -- 113},
  year      = {2020},
  abstract  = {This paper examines and discusses the biases and pitfalls of retrospective survey questions that are currently being used in many medical, epidemiological, and sociological studies on the COVID-19 pandemic. By analyzing the consistency of answers to retrospective questions provided by respondents who participated in the first two waves of a survey on the social consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic, we illustrate the insights generated by a large body of survey research on the use of retrospective questions and recall accuracy.},
  language  = {en}
}