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Table 2 CATI response rates

From: Maximising response rates in household telephone surveys

Denominator

Response rate (denominator used in calculation)

 

Target households1

Control households2

All households3

Number of letters sent

31% (1700)

30% (1726)

30% (3426)

Number of letters sent to estimated eligible households*

34% (1522)

31% (1674)

33% (3196)

Number of households contacted by telephone

37% (1410)

36% (1444)

36% (2854)

Number of eligible households contacted by telephone

41% (1262)

37% (1401)

39% (2663)

  1. 1 523 completed CATI 2 514 completed CATI 3 1037 completed CATI
  2. * = rate of eligibility of households contacted by telephone assumed to be the same for households not contacted by telephone
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BMC Medical Research Methodology

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