Differences in mail and telephone responses to self-rated health: Use of multiple imputation in correcting for response bias

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 149-154

  Powers, Jennifer R ^a   Mishra, G ^b   Young, A F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH; POSTAL MAIL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF CONCEPT; SHORT FORM 36; SOCIAL ASPECT; TELEPHONE;

EID: 17844396675     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.2005.tb00065.x     Document Type: Article

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