Impact of participant incentives and direct and snowball sampling on survey response rate in an ethnically diverse community: Results from a pilot study of physical activity and the built environment

Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 207-214

  Perez, Daniel F ^a   Nie, Jason X ^a   Ardern, Chris I ^a   Radhu, Natasha ^a   Ritvo, Paul ^a,b,c  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c CANCER CARE ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ethnically diverse; Incentives; Response rate; Snowball sampling; Survey methods; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CANADA; CONSUMER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MOTIVATION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PATIENT SELECTION; PILOT STUDY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; ARTICLE; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS;

ADULT; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MOTIVATION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; ONTARIO; PATIENT SELECTION; PILOT PROJECTS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84872556079     PISSN: 15571912     EISSN: 15571920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-011-9525-y     Document Type: Review

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