Self-rated health assessed by web versus mail modes in a mixed mode survey: The digital divide effect and the genuine survey mode effect

Medical Care

Volumn 51, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 774-781

  Shim, Jae Mahn ^a   Shin, Eunjung ^b   Johnson, Timothy P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Digital divide; Mail survey; Self rated health; Survey mode effects; Web survey

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; E-MAIL; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MIXED MODE SURVEY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF EVALUATION; SELF MONITORING; SELF RATED HEALTH; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WEB BROWSER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DATA COLLECTION; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERNET; MIDDLE AGED; POSTAL SERVICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883226855     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e31829a4f92     Document Type: Article

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