Factors affecting study efficiency and item non-response in health surveys in developing countries: the Jamaica national healthy lifestyle survey
Open Access
- 28 February 2007
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in BMC Medical Research Methodology
- Vol. 7 (1) , 13
- https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2288-7-13
Abstract
Health surveys provide important information on the burden and secular trends of risk factors and disease. Several factors including survey and item non-response can affect data quality. There are few reports on efficiency, validity and the impact of item non-response, from developing countries. This report examines factors associated with item non-response and study efficiency in a national health survey in a developing Caribbean island.Keywords
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