Do Demographic Profiles of Listed and Unlisted Households Differ? Results of a Nationwide Telephone Survey
Joint Authors
Reid, Alison
Carey, Renee N.
Peters, Susan
Fritschi, Lin
Source
Epidemiology Research International
Issue
Vol. 2014, Issue 2014 (31 Dec. 2014), pp.1-5, 5 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2014-03-18
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
5
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
A growing number of households are not reachable through traditional directory-based samples, which can have important implications for the representativeness of telephone surveys.
The current study aims to investigate the demographic differences between households which have their telephone numbers listed or not listed in the Australian White Pages telephone directory.
A total of 5,023 eligible Australian residents who were currently in paid employment participated in this study.
Each respondent’s telephone number was individually matched to the residential White Pages to determine its listed status, and demographic variables were compared between those with a listed and unlisted telephone number.
Those with an unlisted number were significantly more likely to be younger, to have been born in a country outside of Australia, and to live in a lower socioeconomic area than those who were listed in the White Pages.
These demographic differences should be considered when undertaking telephone surveys using a White Pages sample.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Carey, Renee N.& Reid, Alison& Peters, Susan& Fritschi, Lin. 2014. Do Demographic Profiles of Listed and Unlisted Households Differ? Results of a Nationwide Telephone Survey. Epidemiology Research International،Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-472158
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Carey, Renee N.…[et al.]. Do Demographic Profiles of Listed and Unlisted Households Differ? Results of a Nationwide Telephone Survey. Epidemiology Research International No. 2014 (2014), pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-472158
American Medical Association (AMA)
Carey, Renee N.& Reid, Alison& Peters, Susan& Fritschi, Lin. Do Demographic Profiles of Listed and Unlisted Households Differ? Results of a Nationwide Telephone Survey. Epidemiology Research International. 2014. Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-472158
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-472158