Comparing the sociodemographic characteristics of participants and non-participants in the population-based Tromso Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Differences in the sociodemographic characteristics of participants and non-participants in population-based studies may introduce bias and reduce the generalizability of research findings. This study aimed to compare the sociodemographic characteristics of participants and non-participants of the seventh survey of the Tromsø Study (Tromsø7, 2015-16), a population-based health survey.

Methods

A total of 32,591 individuals were invited to Tromsø7. We compared the sociodemographic characteristics of participants and non-participants by linking the Tromsø7 invitation file to Statistics Norway, and explored the association between these characteristics and participation using logistic regression. Furthermore, we created a geographical socioeconomic status (area SES) i

SUBMITTER: Vo CQ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10226228 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature