Sample selection, recruitment and participation rates in health examination surveys in Europe – experience from seven national surveys

Table 4 Participation rates for different outcomes, for national and primate cities/metropolitan areas^a^b

Country	Year	Age range	Household response rate	Number in sample		Interviewed (%)		Weight measured (%)		BP measured (%)		Blood sample taken (%)
				Men	Women	Men	Women	Men	Women	Men	Women	Men	Women
Individual sampling frame
Finland	2012	25-74
Helsinki- Vantaa				986	990	61	63	55	58	55	58	55	58
National survey				4948	4957	61	68	56	62	56	61	56	61
Germany	2008 to 2011
Metropolitan areas^c		25-74		242	300	41	46	41	46	41	46	33	36
National Survey				3289	3683	50	54	48	47	48	47	41	44
Italy	2008to 2012	35-79
Rome				762	805	41	39	41	39	41	39	41	39
National Survey				8216	8231	55	55	55	55	55	55	54	54
Household sampling frame
England^d	2011	16+
Greater London			56	538	627	81	88	68	72	44	52	35	44
National Survey			66	4643	5242	82	91	70	75	54	60	44	51
Scotland^d	2010	16+
Glasgow City^e			51	313	406	79	89	68	73	30	38	25	30
Greater Glasgow & Clyde Health Board			55	582	840	76	90	62	68	31	41	26	34
National Survey			63	2896	3874	78	92	68	75	43	50	36	41

^aInformation on response rate by geographical area was not available by age-group in household-based surveys, thus all ages of the adult samples were included for this table. Therefore the age-ranges covered by each survey in this table varies. Comparisons should be within (not between) countries
^bNo data available for Ireland or The Netherlands
^cBerlin, Munich, Cologne, and Hamburg
^dAmong co-operating households (i.e. at least one adult was interviewed), apart from household response rate
^eGlasgow City Local Authority

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