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10588039

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-1-31
pubmed:abstractText
Based on a telephone survey of elderly people (> or = 60 years) the impact of measures to optimize response rate (repeated telephone calls and converting temporary refusals) on the sample structure is analyzed. Results show slight differences between persons who can be reached easily and those who are difficult to contact as far as their sociodemographic, socioeconomic and health related characteristics are concerned. Moreover there are no significant differences between temporary refusals and cooperative respondents on these characteristics. Differences are considerable however on multivariate relationships between sociodemographic, socioeconomic and psychosocial variables on the one hand and subjective health on the other. Results indicate that nonresponse has an effect on relationships between variables which are essential for research in medical sociology. This effect clearly shows the necessity of measures to increase response rate for reducing nonresponse bias especially in surveys of elderly people.
pubmed:language
ger
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0303-8408
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
44
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
233-41
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
[Significance of measures to optimize medical sociology research: the example of telephone survey of the elderly].
pubmed:affiliation
Institut für Medizinische Soziologie, Universität Düsseldorf. knesebec@uni-duesseldorf.de
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract