Exploring nonresponse bias in a health survey using neighborhood characteristics

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 99, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1811-1817

  Lee, Sunghee ^a   Brown, E Richard ^a   Grant, David ^a   Belin, Thomas R ^a   Brick, J Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WESTAT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; ETHNICITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSING; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MARRIAGE; NONRESPONSE BIAS; POLITICAL PARTICIPATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; QUALITY CONTROL; RACE; SOCIAL STATUS; TELEPHONE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CALIFORNIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA COLLECTION; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; TELEPHONE;

EID: 70349104092     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2008.154161     Document Type: Article

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