Validity of a questionnaire survey: Response patterns in different subgroups and the effect of social desirability

Acta Odontologica Scandinavica

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 136-140

  Sjöström, Ove ^a   Holst, Dorthe ^b  

^a Regionens hus   (Sweden)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Age groups; Gender; Questionnaire biases; Residential classification; Social desirability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DENTAL CARE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; STATISTICS; SWEDEN; UTILIZATION REVIEW; DENTAL PROCEDURE; STATISTICAL BIAS; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DENTAL CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INSURANCE, DENTAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RURAL HEALTH; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; STATISTICS; SWEDEN; URBAN HEALTH; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 0036616436     PISSN: 00016357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/000163502753740133     Document Type: Article

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