Telephone Service Interruption Weighting Adjustments for State Health Insurance Surveys

• Main Authors: Michael Davern (Author), James Lepkowski (Author), Kathleen Thiede Call (Author), Noreen Arnold (Author), Tracy L. Johnson (Author), Karen Goldsteen (Author), April Todd-Malmlov (Author), Lynn A. Blewett (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SAGE Publishing, 2004-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Many states rely on telephone surveys to produce estimates of uninsurance. To the extent that people in households without telephones differ from those living in households with telephones, estimates will be biased due to lack of coverage of those in households without telephones. We find the dispar...