Telephone health survey estimates: Effects of nonresponse and sample limitations

Objective The objective of this study was to assess nonresponse error in telephone health survey data based on an address‐based sample. Data Sources Telephone and in‐person interviews in Greater Boston. Study Design/Data Collection Interviewers attempted telephone interviews at addresses that were m...

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Published in:Health services research 2019-06, Vol.54 (3), p.700-706
Main Authors: Fowler, Floyd J., Brenner, Philip S., Buskirk, Trent D., Roman, Anthony
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Age Factors
Aged
bias
Boston
Data collection
Data Collection - standards
Demographics
Error analysis
Errors
Estimates
Female
Health
health survey data
Health surveys
Health Surveys - methods
Health Surveys - standards
Households
Humans
Interviews
Interviews as Topic
Male
Methods Corner
Middle Aged
nonresponse error
Polls & surveys
Research Brief
Sex Factors
Socioeconomic Factors
Studies
Surveys
Telephone
telephone surveys
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Summary:Objective The objective of this study was to assess nonresponse error in telephone health survey data based on an address‐based sample. Data Sources Telephone and in‐person interviews in Greater Boston. Study Design/Data Collection Interviewers attempted telephone interviews at addresses that were matched to telephone numbers using questions drawn from federal health surveys. In‐person household interviews were carried out with telephone nonrespondents and at addresses without matching telephone numbers. Principal Findings After adjusting for demographic differences, only eight of 15 estimates based on the telephone interviews lay within two standard errors of the estimates when data from all three groups were included. Conclusions For health surveys of address‐based samples, many estimates based on telephone respondents differ from the total population in ways that cannot be corrected with simple demographic adjustments.
ISSN:0017-9124
1475-6773
DOI:10.1111/1475-6773.13110