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Table 2 Full sample dispositions consistent with American Association for Public Opinion Research standards for mail surveys of specifically named persons, offering two modes of participation (web & paper) [24, 41]

From: Implementation of the European health interview survey (EHIS) into the German health update (GEDA)

 

AAPOR

Code

N

%

Returned Questionnaire, Interview (I)

1.0000

  

 Complete (I)

1.1000

24,824

27.6

Eligible, Non-Interview (R + NC + O)

2.0000

  

 Refusal and Breakoff (R)

2.1000

  

  Refusal

2.1100

321

0.4

   Other Person Refusal/Household-level Refusal

2.1110

456

0.5

   Known-respondent Refusal

2.1120

4012

4.5

   Read receipt confirmation, Refusal (web)

2.1122

595

0.7

   Breakoff/Implicit Refusala

2.1200

657

0.7

 Non-Contact (NC)

2.2000

  

  Respondent unavailable during field period

2.2500

65

0.1

 Other, non-refusals (O)

2.3000

  

  Deceased respondent including Postal Service category: Deceasedb; c

2.3100

  

  Physically or mentally unable/incompetent

2.3200

873

1.0

  Language problem

2.3300

68

0.1

  Someone other than designated respondent completes part/all of questionnaire

2.3600

153

0.2

 Miscellaneousd

2.9000

166

0.2

Unknown eligibility, Non-Interview (UH + UO)

3.0000

  

 Nothing known about respondent or address/Unknown households (UH)

3.1000

57,669

64.1

 Housing unit, unknown if eligible respondent/Unknown other (UO)

3.2000

  

  Postal Service category: Refused to accepte

3.2310

110

0.1

 Unknown if person is a HH resident/mail returned undeliveredf

3.3000

  

Adjusted Gross Sample (Total sample used)

 

89,969

100

 Not eligible (NE)

4.0000

  

  Out of Sampleg

4.1000

2645

 

  Other

4.9000

157

 

 Gross sample

 

92,771

 

Response Rate 1 I/((I) + (R + NC + O) + (UH + UO))

  

27.6

  1. aCut-off point for this category is less than 70% of questions are answered
  2. bCorresponding Deutsche Post category used is ‘Empfänger soll verstorben sein‘
  3. cDeceased cases will only be classified as part of code 2.31 if person has died after the first contact/during field period. If status occurs prior to first day of the field period, case is treated as part of code 4.90 (ineligible)
  4. dCases of questionnaires sent back without the signed consent form are classified under this category
  5. eCorresponding Deutsche Post category used is ‘Annahme verweigert‘
  6. fCases will only be classified under this category if status was determined after the first contact/during field period. If status occurs prior to first day of the field period, case would be treated as part of code 4.10 (ineligible)
  7. gFor example: if named person no longer lives at the address for which he or she was sampled, it makes the person ineligible and s/he is out of the sample