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Table 4 Participation at household (HH) level, Belgian health interview survey 1997 - 2008

From: Methodological basics and evolution of the Belgian health interview survey 1997–2008

 

1997

2001

2004

2008

 

Abs.

%

Abs.

%

Abs.

%

Abs.

%

Non-existing address

***

***

25

0.2

31

0.2

93

0.7

HH doesn’t live at address

***

***

232

2.1

983

7.5

2,328

16.1

Non-contable HH

3,601

31.2

1,978

17.6

1,445

11

1,462

10.1

Refusing HH

3,303

28.6

3,496

31.1

4,107

31.4

4,746

32.9

Participating HH

4,664

31.2

5,533

49

6,530

49.9

5,809

40.2

Invited HH

11,568

100

11,264

100

13,096

100

14,438

100

  1. *** For the BHIS1997, it was not possible to distinguish on-participation due to a non-existing address nor to the fact that the household didn’t live at the indicated address. Such cases were included in the category ’non-contactable households’.