Participation rates by educational levels have diverged during 25 years in Finnish health examination surveys
Author(s) -
Jaakko Reinikainen,
Hanna Tolonen,
Katja Borodulin,
Tommi Härkänen,
Pekka Jousilahti,
Juha Karvanen,
Seppo Koskinen,
Kari Kuulasmaa,
Satu Männistö,
Harri Rissanen,
Erkki Vartiainen
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
european journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.056
H-Index - 91
eISSN - 1464-360X
pISSN - 1101-1262
DOI - 10.1093/eurpub/ckx151
Subject(s) - health examination , geography , environmental health , demography , gerontology , medicine , sociology
Declining participation rates in health examination surveys may impair the representativeness of surveys and introduce bias into the comparison of results between population groups if participation rates differ between them. Changes in the characteristics of non-participants over time may also limit comparability with earlier surveys.
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