Time trends in the use of field-substitution in the Belgian health interview survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Matched field-substitution has been applied in the Belgian Health Interview Survey (BHIS) since the first round. During data-collection, non-participating households are replaced by substitute households, if needed up to seven times. In this manuscript, the use of field-substitution in the six rounds of BHIS (1997-2018) is assessed. We investigated to what extent field-substitution contributes to obtaining the requested net-sample size and whether this has evolved throughout the successive BHIS's.

Methods

Harmonized para-data gathered throughout de data-collection phases are used to define the final participation status of all households that could be contacted for participation to the survey. The share of the substituted households was calculated and possible tre

SUBMITTER: Demarest S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9644564 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature