The impact of non-response bias due to sampling in public health studies: A comparison of voluntary versus mandatory recruitment in a Dutch national survey on adolescent health

• Published in: BMC public health Vol. 17; no. 1; pp. 276 - 10
• Main Authors: Cheung, Kei Long, ten Klooster, Peter M., Smit, Cees, de Vries, Hein, Pieterse, Marcel E.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central 23.03.2017; BMC
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adolescent Behavior; Adolescent Health - statistics & numerical data; Adolescents; Alcohol; Behavior; Bias; Childrens health; Community health care; Cross-Sectional Studies; Demographics; Drug abuse; Drug use; Education; Female; health behaviour; Health surveys; Humans; Logistic Models; Male; Mental health; Multivariable control; Municipalities; Netherlands - epidemiology; Non-response; Participation; Patient Selection; Polls & surveys; Population; Prevalence; Public health; Recruitment; Regression analysis; Response bias; Response rates; Risk analysis; Risk Factors; Risk taking; Sampling; sampling bias; Sampling methods; Schools; Sexual behavior; Sexual intercourse; Smoking; Studies; Substance-Related Disorders - epidemiology; Surveys and Questionnaires; Teenagers; Tobacco; Variables; Well being; Young Adult; Young adults; Netherlands; health behaviour; sampling bias; adolescents; recruitment; Non-response

In public health monitoring of young people it is critical to understand the effects of selective non-response, in particular when a controversial topic is involved like substance abuse or sexual behaviour. Research that is dependent upon voluntary subject participation is particularly vulnerable to...