Exploring the Meaning of Consent: Participation in Research and Beliefs about Risks and Benefits

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International handbook of survey methodology. (2008, background): “Not surprisingly, recent experiments with hypothetical introductions to such surveys show that concerns about privacy and confidentiality are among the reasons most often given by potential respondents for their unwillingness to participate (Singer, 2003).”
Patterns of consent: evidence from a general household survey (2006, background): “…respondents’ understanding of consent questions and the risks that they perceived to be associated with them and, second, examining the effect of respondents’ concerns about privacy and confidentiality on survey response rates and propensities to consent (see the surveys by Singer (1993, 2003)).”
Toward a benefit-cost theory or survey participation: Evidence, further tests, and implications (2011, methodology): “In the Singer 2003 study, using different vignettes and a stronger confidentiality assurance, a somewhat larger percentage – 2.4% – gave this response.”