Response rate of bricklayers and supervisors on an internet or a paper-and-pencil questionnaire

International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 178-182

  Boschman, Julitta S ^a   van der Molen, Henk F ^a,b   Frings Dresen, Monique H W ^a   Sluiter, Judith K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Dutch Health and Safety Institute   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Construction industry; Internet survey; Response rate; Survey methodology

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION WORKERS; HEALTH EFFECTS; INTERNET SURVEY; LARGE SCALE SURVEYS; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEYS; RANDOM SAMPLE; RESPONSE RATE; SURVEY METHODOLOGY; TOTAL RESPONSE; YIELD RESPONSE;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; HEALTH RISKS; INTERNET; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL;

SURVEYS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSTRUCTION WORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNET; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; VALIDATION PROCESS; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84855929710     PISSN: 01698141     EISSN: 18728219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ergon.2011.11.007     Document Type: Article

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