Title |
Surveying alcohol and other drug use through telephone sampling: a comparison of landline and mobile phone samples
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Published in |
BMC Medical Research Methodology, March 2013
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DOI | 10.1186/1471-2288-13-41 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Michael Livingston, Paul Dietze, Jason Ferris, Darren Pennay, Linda Hayes, Simon Lenton |
Abstract |
Telephone surveys based on samples of landline telephone numbers are widely used to measure the prevalence of health risk behaviours such as smoking, drug use and alcohol consumption. An increasing number of households are relying solely on mobile telephones, creating a potential bias for population estimates derived from landline-based sampling frames which do not incorporate mobile phone numbers. Studies in the US have identified significant differences between landline and mobile telephone users in smoking and alcohol consumption, but there has been little work in other settings or focussed on illicit drugs. |
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United Kingdom | 2 | 29% |
United States | 2 | 29% |
Switzerland | 1 | 14% |
Unknown | 2 | 29% |
Demographic breakdown
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Members of the public | 6 | 86% |
Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 14% |
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Romania | 1 | 2% |
Australia | 1 | 2% |
Unknown | 60 | 97% |
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Researcher | 12 | 19% |
Student > Bachelor | 10 | 16% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 10 | 16% |
Other | 8 | 13% |
Student > Master | 7 | 11% |
Other | 6 | 10% |
Unknown | 9 | 15% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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Medicine and Dentistry | 19 | 31% |
Social Sciences | 9 | 15% |
Psychology | 5 | 8% |
Computer Science | 3 | 5% |
Arts and Humanities | 3 | 5% |
Other | 10 | 16% |
Unknown | 13 | 21% |
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