Telephone (Phone CATI) Surveys:

IranPoll has extensive experience in conducting survey research in Iran and is unparalleled in its expertise to adjust various questions, even those of that evoke sensitivity, to local conditions.

IranPoll is also unique in that unlike most other fielding agents who only use interviewers fluent in Farsi (Persian), which is the native language of only about 55% of Iran’s current population, it uses interviewers fluent in 8 different vernaculars of various regions in Iran.

Considering that Iran is a multi-ethnic and a multilingual country, using interviewers proficient in local languages and dialects allows IranPoll to effectively communicate survey questions and accurately record obtained responses. It also allows IranPoll to achieve excellent response and cooperation rates.  

Phone survey is an extremely strong mode of data collection in Iran since Iran has a very high landline and mobile phone penetration rates. Based on the Nov. 2017 report by the Statistical Centre of Iran, about 98.8% of Iranians households have access to telephone (landline or mobile telephone or both) at home. These shares were 99% for urban and 97% for rural households. It is important to note that during the past decade, mobile usage has become much more prevalent and percent of households relying on mobile telephone alone has increased to 21% (17% in urban and 31% in rural areas), making utilization of dual-frame (mobile and landline) sampling in telephone surveys more advisable.

Please find more details about our CATI methodology here.