| A systematic literature review on response rates across racial and ethnic populations. | |
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PMID: 20737812 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
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OBJECTIVE: To conduct a systematic review examining whether minority ethnic populations participate in surveys as actively as the majority ethnic population. METHODS: A literature and grey literature search was conducted using five online databases as well as government databases and reports, including the search terms: survey response rates or non-response rates and racial or ethnic populations (White, African American, Asian, and Hispanic); survey modes or methods (mail, telephone, face to face, e-mail); and response bias (non-response bias, response bias or social desirability). The search was limited to English language and articles published from January 1990 to June 2009. Article exclusions were based on further inclusion and exclusion criteria. SYNTHESIS: Thirty-five articles were identified on ethnicities and response rates to survey modes. Six articles compared survey mode and response rate for multiple ethnic populations. Response rates ranged from 22.0% to 68.8% in Whites, and in other ethnic groups ranged from 15.4% in African Americans to 70.9% in Latino Americans. Among the 29 articles that presented survey mode and response rate for a specific ethnicity, the highest response rate reported was from African Americans (92.5%) and the lowest was from Cambodian Americans (30.3%). CONCLUSION: Response rate varied across studies but was similar across ethnicities. Response rate may be related to many factors, including survey mode, length of questionnaire, survey language and cultural sensitivity to content. Our review indicates that ethnic populations who participate in surveys are as likely to participate in research as Whites. In literature, data validity across ethnicity is still unknown and should be studied in the future. |
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Authors:
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Lindsay L Sykes; Robin L Walker; Emmanuel Ngwakongnwi; Hude Quan |
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Type: Journal Article; Review |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Canadian journal of public health. Revue canadienne de santé publique Volume: 101 ISSN: 0008-4263 ISO Abbreviation: Can J Public Health Publication Date: 2010 May-Jun |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2010-08-26 Completed Date: 2010-09-29 Revised Date: - |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 0372714 Medline TA: Can J Public Health Country: Canada |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 213-9 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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The Centre for Health and Policy Studies, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. |
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Attitude Data Collection / methods* Ethnic Groups / statistics & numerical data* Health Surveys* Humans Patient Participation |
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