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Characteristics of respondents and non-respondents to a mailed questionnaire

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  • Barton, J.
  • Bain, C.
  • Hennekens, C.H.
  • Rosner, B.
  • Belanger, C.
  • Roth, A.
  • Speizer, F.E.

Abstract

In establishing a cohort of U.S. nurses, an assessment of response bias was made comparing respondents and non-respondents with regard to age, education, state of residence, employment status, field of employment, and major specialty. Overall, the 122,328 respondents (69.7 per cent) and 43,222 non-respondents were quite similar. Together with the reasonable response rate in a homogeneous population, this suggests that estimation of exposure-disease associations is unlikely to be affected by major bias due to non-response.

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  • Barton, J. & Bain, C. & Hennekens, C.H. & Rosner, B. & Belanger, C. & Roth, A. & Speizer, F.E., 1980. "Characteristics of respondents and non-respondents to a mailed questionnaire," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 70(8), pages 823-825.
    • Handle: RePEc:aph:ajpbhl:10.2105/ajph.70.8.823_3
    DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.70.8.823
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    4. Marianne Goodfellow & Nancy-Ellen Kiernan & Frank Ahern & Michael A. Smyer, 1988. "Response Bias Using Two-Stage Data Collection," Evaluation Review, , vol. 12(6), pages 638-654, December.
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