Inclusion of mobile phone numbers into an ongoing population health survey in Australia using an overlapping dual frame: description of methods, call outcomes and acceptance by staff and respondents

Authors

Margo Barr, University of WollongongFollow
Jason J. van Ritten, Centre for Epidemiology and Evidence, North Sydney
David Steel, University of WollongongFollow
Sarah V. Thackway, Centre for Epidemiology and Evidence, North Sydney

Publication Date

2012

Recommended Citation

Barr, Margo; van Ritten, Jason J.; Steel, David; and Thackway, Sarah V., Inclusion of mobile phone numbers into an ongoing population health survey in Australia using an overlapping dual frame: description of methods, call outcomes and acceptance by staff and respondents, Centre for Statistical and Survey Methodology, University of Wollongong, Working Paper 7-12, 2012, 21.
https://ro.uow.edu.au/cssmwp/94

Abstract

In Australia telephone surveys has been the method of choice for ongoing population health surveys. Although it was estimated in 2011 that 20% of the population were mobile phone only persons the inclusion of mobile only phone users into these existing landline population health surveys has not occurred. This paper is part of a project that is looking in detail at the inclusion of mobile phone numbers into an ongoing population health survey in Australia. This paper describes the methods used, the call outcomes and acceptance by the population, supervisors and interviewing staff.