Open AccessRandom digit dialling and Electronic White Pages samples compared: demographic profiles and health estimates
Author(s) -
Wilson David H.,
Starr Gary J.,
Taylor Anne W.,
Grande Eleonora Dal
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.946
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1753-6405
pISSN - 1326-0200
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-842x.1999.tb01549.x
Subject(s) - sampling frame , telephone number , telephone survey , population , sampling (signal processing) , random digit dialing , statistics , sample (material) , survey methodology , medicine , demography , environmental health , telecommunications , computer science , business , advertising , mathematics , sociology , computer network , chemistry , chromatography , detector
To compare the methodologies of and health estimates derived from two telephone household survey methods. In particular, to establish if White Pages telephone listings provide a relatively unbiased sampling frame for population health surveys.