Comparison of Mortality Between Respondents and Non-Respondents in a Mail Survey.

Comparison of mortality between respondents and non-respondents in a mail survey.

We conducted a population-based mail survey and prospectively compared mortality between respondents and non-respondents. Age-adjusted mortality rates for all causes were higher among non-respondents than among respondents in both sexes. Age-adjusted rate ratios were 1.50 for males and 1.33 for females. Non-respondents also had, in both sexes, higher mortality for three leading causes of death,...

Test of a Web and Paper Employee Satisfaction Survey: Comparison of Respondents and Non-Respondents

This study examined if administering an employee satisfaction survey using the Internet affected the rates or quality of employees’ participation. 644 hospital employees were randomly assigned to complete a satisfaction survey using either a Web survey or a traditional paper measure. Response rates were relatively high across both modes. No evidence for a very large difference in response rates...

COMPARISON BETWEEN RESPONDENTS AND NON-RESPONDENTS IN A NESTED CASE-CONTROL STUDY OF BRAIN TUMORS by

The Net Effect: a Comparison of Internet and Mail Survey Respondents

Multiple-mode surveys can have the potential to improve response and reduce survey error and costs (Groves, 1989). Because of the relatively low costs of implementation and the increased prevalence of internet access in the general population, Web surveys are an increasingly popular mode of survey administration. However, as some individuals do not yet have internet access and levels of compute...

Method of sampling in a study of older people with a comparison of respondents and non-respondents.

Edinburgh is divided into 23 city wards in 10 of which one of us (J.W.) and colleagues provide a geriatric service. The sample was drawn from these 10 wards, contact being made with persons in the sample through their general practitioners. Ninetyfive general practitioners were working in 50 practices with premises in this area. The plan was explained to the doctors, 91 of whom agreed to co-ope...