Open AccessIncreasing Cell Phone Usage Among Hispanics: Implications for Telephone Surveys
Author(s) -
SungHee Lee,
Mahmoud Elkasabi,
Leanne Streja
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2012.300681
Subject(s) - landline , telephone survey , ethnic group , national health interview survey , phone , medicine , non response bias , telephone interview , demography , non hispanic whites , gerontology , environmental health , advertising , population , philosophy , linguistics , social science , pathology , sociology , anthropology , business , mexican americans
We examined whether the widespread assumption that Hispanics are subject to greater noncoverage bias in landline telephone surveys because they are more likely than other ethnic groups to use cell phones exclusively was supported by data.