Profiling the mobile‐only population in Australia: insights from the Australian National Health Survey

• Main Authors: Bernard Baffour (Author), Michele Haynes (Author), Shane Dinsdale (Author), Mark Western (Author), Darren Pennay (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2016-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background: The Australian population that relies on mobile phones exclusively has increased from 5% in 2005 to 29% in 2014. Failing to include this mobile‐only population leads to a potential bias in estimates from landline‐based telephone surveys. This paper considers the impacts on selec...