The socio-economic patterning of survey participation and non-response error in a multilevel study of food purchasing behaviour: Area- and individual-level characteristics

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 181-189

  Turrell, Gavin ^a   Patterson, Carla ^a   Oldenburg, Brian ^a   Gould, Trish ^a   Roy, Marie Andree ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Food purchasing; Non response error; Socio economic position; Survey participation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONSUMER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ERROR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FOOD INDUSTRY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MARKETING; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BEHAVIOR; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DATA COLLECTION; DEMOGRAPHY; DIET; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUEENSLAND; SAMPLE SIZE; SAMPLING STUDIES; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0038752679     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/PHN2002415     Document Type: Article

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