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Activity Number:
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343
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Type:
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Contributed
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Date/Time:
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Tuesday, July 31, 2007 : 2:00 PM to 3:50 PM
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Sponsor:
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Section on Survey Research Methods
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| Abstract - #308477 |
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Title:
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Alternative Methods to Compensate for Provider Nonresponse in the National Immunization Survey
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Author(s):
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Phillip Smith*+ and Benjamin Skalland and Robert Montgomery and Sadeq Chowdhury
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Companies:
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and NORC at the University of Chicago and NORC at the University of Chicago and NORC at the University of Chicago
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Address:
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1600 Clifton Rd NE, Atlanta, GA, 30333,
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Keywords:
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Weighting class adjustment ; partial nonresponse
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Abstract:
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Data is collected in the National Immunization Survey in two phases. In the first phase, households with 19-35 month-old children are identified using a list-assisted RDD survey and data on children's socio-demographic characteristics are collected. At the end of the RDD interview, consent is requested to contact children's vaccination providers to obtain provider-reported vaccination histories. Data from providers may be missing (i) if the household does not give consent to contact vaccination providers, or (ii) if the household gives consent to contact providers but providers do not respond to the mail survey or give inadequate information. Currently, survey weights are adjusted for provider nonresponse using a weighting-class method based on response propensities. This paper explores alternative methods for accounting for provider nonresponse.
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