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Table 1 Distribution of calibration covariates in the reference population and standardized distances

From: Moving towards a single-frame cell phone design in random digit dialing surveys: considerations from a French general population health survey

 

Reference population

(%)

Dual-frame: Combined

(d*)

Single-frame: Cell phone

(d*)

Sample size

 

25,319

15,602

Sex

 

5.6

3.0

 Male

48.7%

−5.6

−3.0

 Female

51.3%

5.6

3.0

Age (years)

 

2.0

2.7

 18–24

11.2%

−2.3

1.3

 25–34

17.1%

0.5

5.2

 35–44

18.5%

−2.3

0.8

 45–54

19.5%

−1.5

−0.3

 55–64

18.2%

2.6

0.5

 65–75

15.5%

2.7

−8.1

Education level

 

10.3

13.1

 Primary education

13.3%

−19.8

−22.9

 Less than high school

35.4%

−8.9

−14.6

 High school graduate

20.4%

3.2

5.6

 2 years post-secondary

12.8%

−0.6

1.8

 3–4 years post-secondary

7.6%

22.4

24.1

 ≥ 5 years post-secondary

10.5%

6.6

9.5

Size of household

 

7.4

5.0

 1 person

17.4%

14.7

12.3

 2 persons

34.2%

2.5

−2.3

 3 persons

18.9%

−6.0

− 2.3

 4 persons

19.3%

−8.4

−5.4

 ≥ 5 persons

10.2%

−5.5

−2.7

Urbanization

 

2.6

2.5

 Rural

24.0%

2.3

−2.8

 <  20,000 inhabitants

16.8%

−0.8

−1.9

 20,000–99,999 inhabitants

12.1%

2.1

1.8

 100,000–199,999 inhabitants

4.9%

4.4

4.8

 ≥ 200,000 inhabitants

25.7%

−4.2

−1.4

 Paris agglomeration

16.6%

−1.9

2.1

Region of residence

 

1.7

1.7

 Ile-de-France

19.0%

−2.8

1.6

 Grand-Est

8.6%

−0.4

−1.9

 Hauts-de-France

9.3%

−2.5

− 2.4

 Normandie

5.1%

1.3

−0.8

 Centre

4.0%

−1.0

−2.1

 Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

4.4%

−0.5

−1.7

 Bretagne

5.1%

3.9

3.2

 Pays de Loire

5.7%

−0.9

−2.6

 Nouvelle Aquitaine

9.2%

1.0

0.9

 Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

12.2%

3.0

1.8

 Occitanie

9.1%

1.4

1.5

 PACA and Corse

8.3%

−1.5

0.2

Mean D

4.9

4.7

R-indicator without interactions

0.85

0.89

  1. Boldface entries correspond to results summed up at the variable level or to global distribution of the sample (mean D, R-indicator)