NDLI: National health surveys by mail or home interview: effects on response

Content Provider	PubMed Central
Author	Picavet, H.
Abstract	STUDY OBJECTIVE—To study the effect of using a mail questionnaire or home interviews on the size and the selectivity of response to national health surveys. DESIGN—The interview survey and the mail survey were both carried out in the same country (the Netherlands) using the same sample frame, the same study period (1998) and collected partly the same data on demographic, socioeconomic and health characteristics. SETTING—The Netherlands. PARTICIPANTS—Dutch non-institutionalised inhabitants aged 25 years and over. MAIN RESULTS—Response to the mail survey was lower (46.9%, n=3664) than to the interview survey (58.5%, n=6061). The mail survey gave higher response rates for women and lower response rates for persons with lower levels of education. Respondents to the mail survey reported lower rates of smoking but a slightly worse health status and higher figures on the use of health care services. No differences by method of data collection were found for age, marital status, region, household composition, work status and categories of body mass index. CONCLUSION—Although the response of the mail survey was lower than the home interview survey, respondents showed generally small differences, with exception of level of education.   Keywords: mail surveys; interview surveys; non-response
Related Links	http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jech.55.6.408
Ending Page	413
Page Count	6
Starting Page	408
File Format	PDF
ISSN	0143005X
e-ISSN	14702738
Journal	Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health
Issue Number	6
Volume Number	55
Language	English
Publisher	BMJ Group
Publisher Date	2001-06-01
Access Restriction	Open
Rights Holder	BMJ Group
Subject Keyword	Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health Epidemiology Research in Higher Education
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health Epidemiology

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