Comparison of paper-and-pencil versus Web administration of the Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS): Participation, data quality, and perceived privacy and anonymity

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1054-1060

  Denniston, Maxine M ^a   Brener, Nancy D ^a   Kann, Laura ^a   Eaton, Danice K ^a   McManus, Timothy ^a   Kyle, Tonja M ^b   Roberts, Alice M ^b   Flint, Katherine H ^b   Ross, James G ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^b ICF Macro   (United States)

Author keywords

Anonymity; Paper and pencil surveys; Privacy; Web based surveys

Indexed keywords

ANONYMITY; CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTIONS; DATA QUALITY; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS; MISSING DATA; PRIVACY; RESPONSE RATE; RISK BEHAVIOR; SURVEILLANCE SYSTEMS; WEB SURVEYS; WEB-BASED SURVEYS;

DISEASE CONTROL; HEALTH RISKS;

SURVEYS;

EID: 77955274849     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2010.03.006     Document Type: Article

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