A comparison of two methods to adjust for non-response bias: field substitution and weighting non-response adjusments based on response propensity;Comparación de dos métodos para corregir el sesgo de no respuesta a una encuesta: sustitución muestral y ajuste según propensión a responder

Gaceta Sanitaria

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 266-271

  Vives, Alejandra ^a,b   Ferreccio, Catterina ^a   Marshall, Guillermo ^a,c  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^c PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Field substitution; Non response bias; Response propensity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REFUSAL TO PARTICIPATE; SPAIN; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REFUSAL TO PARTICIPATE; SPAIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67650253861     PISSN: 02139111     EISSN: 15781283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaceta.2009.01.006     Document Type: Article

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