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Table 4 Increments in interview time (in minutes) associated with the variation in the respective explanatory variables.

From: Factors affecting study efficiency and item non-response in health surveys in developing countries: the Jamaica national healthy lifestyle survey

 

Increment in Interview time

Explanatory variable

Weighted estimates

Un-weighted estimates

Age*

0.06 (0.013, 0.11)

0.05 (0.01, 0.09)

Employed

1.08 (-0.61, 2.77)

0.5 (-1.07, 2.11)

Female

1.2 (-0.14, 2.61)

0.8 (-0.76, 2.27)

Socioeconomic Status

  

   Middle

0.3 (-2.50, 3.04)

0.4 (-1.13, 1.90)

   High

8.2 (-1.55, 17.94)

9.0 (6.38, 11.60)

Regional Health Authority

  

   North East

7.8 (-4.73, 20.32)

7.4 (5.24, 9.59)

   South

-4.3 (-9.50, 0.87)

-4.5 (-6.44, -2.65)

   West

-1.8 (-8.66, 5.07)

-2.2 (-4.10, -0.29)

  1. Coefficients for employed, female, socioeconomic status and the health regions are increments relative to the unemployed, males, low status, and South East health region, respectively.
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