Non-response bias in the analysis of the association between mental health and the urban environment: a cross-sectional study in Brussels, Belgium.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This paper aims at analysing the impact of partial non-response in the association between urban environment and mental health in Brussels. The potential threats of the partial non-response are biases in survey estimates and statistics. The effect of non-response on statistical associations is often overlooked and evidence in the research literature is lacking.

Methods

Data from the Belgian Health Interview Survey 2008 and 2013 were used. The association between non-response and potential determinants was explored through logistic regressions.

Results

Participants with low income, low educational levels, lower or higher age or in households with children were less likely to respond. When adjusting for socio-economic variables, non-response was higher in are

SUBMITTER: Guyot M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10327324 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature