Engelsk titel: Response rate according to title and length of questionnaire
Författare:
Lund, Eiliv
;
Gram, Inger Torhild
Språk: Eng
Antal referenser: 21
Dokumenttyp:
Artikel
UI-nummer: 60326
Sammanfattning
The purpose of this study was to investigate how response rates to a postal questionnaire are affected by title and length of the survey instrument. Five questionnaires which differed according to title and length, were design. Each questionnaire was mailed to a random sample of one thousand Norwegian women aged, 35-49 years. A total of 3,106 questionnaires were returned. The highest response rate was achieved by a two-page questionnaire entitled "Women and Cancer". The overall findings of this study suggest that the benefits from the increased information obtained from extensive postal questionnaire out-weighs a potential non- response bias due to somewhat lower response rate.