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7578545

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-11-30
pubmed:abstractText
Australian researchers examining the relationship between socioeconomic status and food-related behaviour have often selected their samples from the electoral roll and then collected their data using a mail-survey method. These studies have generally found statistically significant associations between socioeconomic status and behaviour, although these relationships are usually only weak-to-moderate in strength. Given the consistent and strong pattern of association between socioeconomic status and mortality, and diet and mortality, there is a possibility that these studies may have used a research design that underestimates the magnitude of the association. To assess this possibility, results obtained using an electoral-roll sample and mail-survey method were compared with findings obtained by administering the same questionnaire directly to a sample of indigent clients contacted through a welfare agency. The comparison suggests that studies that draw their samples from electoral rolls and then collect data using a mail-survey questionnaire may greatly understate the level of socioeconomic inequality in food-related behaviour in the wider community.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
1035-7319
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
19
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
410-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
Collecting food-related data from low socioeconomic groups: how adequate are our current research designs?
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Anthropology and Sociology, University of Queensland, Brisbane.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study