Predictors of non-response to a questionnaire survey of a volunteer twin panel: findings from the Australian 1989 twin cohort.
Predictors of non-response to a questionnaire survey of a volunteer twin panel: findings from the Australian 1989 twin cohort.
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10.1375/twin.4.2.73
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2001-04-01
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Martin, N G
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Heath, A C;Howells, W;Martin, N G
问卷调查虽然更经济，但通常比访谈调查获得的答复率较差。我们使用了来自年轻成年双胞胎的全国志愿者队列的数据，这些志愿者计划于 1989 年通过问卷进行评估，并在 1996-2000 年通过访谈进行评估，以确定问卷无答复的预测因素。在总共 8536 名双胞胎中，有 5058 人完成了问卷调查（答复率为 59%），6255 人完成了十年后进行的电话采访调查（答复率为 73%）。将多项 Logit 模型与访谈数据进行拟合，以确定早期问卷调查中未答复的社会经济、精神和健康行为的相关性。男性、低于大学水平的教育程度以及是异卵双胞胎而不是同卵双胞胎，所有这些都预测参与问卷调查的可能性会降低。问卷答复状态与精神病史和健康行为变量之间的关联不大，酒精依赖史和儿童行为障碍预测返回问卷的可能性下降，而吸烟和酗酒史与不答复的相关性更弱。体重指数显示与问卷无反应无关。尽管自我报告问卷调查的答复率很低，但我们发现大多数变量的抽样偏差有限。虽然不适合社会经济变量至关重要的研究，但通过电话向无应答者进行问卷调查的问卷调查似乎将代表基因图谱研究的一种可行策略，该研究需要对大量亲属进行筛查。
Questionnaire surveys, while more economical, typically achieve poorer response rates than interview surveys. We used data from a national volunteer cohort of young adult twins, who were scheduled for assessment by questionnaire in 1989 and by interview in 1996-2000, to identify predictors of questionnaire non-response. Out of a total of 8536 twins, 5058 completed the questionnaire survey (59% response rate), and 6255 completed a telephone interview survey conducted a decade later (73% response rate). Multinomial logit models were fitted to the interview data to identify socioeconomic, psychiatric and health behavior correlates of non-response in the earlier questionnaire survey. Male gender, education below University level, and being a dizygotic rather than monozygotic twin, all predicted reduced likelihood of participating in the questionnaire survey. Associations between questionnaire response status and psychiatric history and health behavior variables were modest, with history of alcohol dependence and childhood conduct disorder predicting decreased probability of returning a questionnaire, and history of smoking and heavy drinking more weakly associated with non-response. Body-mass index showed no association with questionnaire non-response. Despite a poor response rate to the self-report questionnaire survey, we found only limited sampling biases for most variables. While not appropriate for studies where socioeconomic variables are critical, it appears that survey by questionnaire, with questionnaire administration by telephone to non-responders, will represent a viable strategy for gene-mapping studies requiring that large numbers of relatives be screened.