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An analysis of non-response in a Swiss national survey

Authors: Michelle Dey, Meichun Mohler-Kuo

Published in: International Journal of Public Health | Issue 2/2013

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Survey response rates generally have been decreasing over the recent decades (Curtin et al. 2005; Dillman et al. 2009; Galea and Tracy 2007; Morton et al. 2006). For example, response rates for the annual U.S. National Health Interview Survey declined from 80.4 % in 1997 to 72.5 % in 2004 and 60.8 % in 2010 (http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nhis/quest_data_related_1997_forward.htm). The reasons for this increasing rate of non-participation could be summarized as an overwhelming number of requests for study participation, a general decrease in volunteerism, distrust in science, and increasing complexity of studies that require lengthy consent forms or involve complicated procedures (Galea and Tracy 2007 for review). …

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Title: An analysis of non-response in a Swiss national survey
Authors: Michelle Dey
Meichun Mohler-Kuo
Publication date: 01-04-2013
Publisher: SP Birkhäuser Verlag Basel
Published in: International Journal of Public Health / Issue 2/2013
Print ISSN: 1661-8556
Electronic ISSN: 1661-8564
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00038-012-0377-6

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