Non-response to a life course socioeconomic position indicator in surveillance: Comparison of telephone and face-to-face modes

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Chittleborough, Catherine R ^a,b   Taylor, Anne W ^b   Baum, Fran E ^c   Hiller, Janet E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b Population Research and Outcome Studies Unit   (Australia)

^c FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FACE TO FACE SURVEY; FATHER; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MALE; MOTHER; NORMAL HUMAN; PARENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; RECALL; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPRING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TELEPHONE; ADOLESCENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATION; SOCIAL CLASS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONS; PARENTS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; TELEPHONE;

EID: 50849084795     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2288-8-54     Document Type: Article

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