Coverage and Nonresponse Relationship in Mixed-Mode Surveys That Use Enhanced ABS Frames

• Activity Number: 140
• Type: Contributed
• Date/Time: Monday, July 30, 2012 : 8:30 AM to 10:20 AM
• Sponsor: Section on Survey Research Methods
• Author(s): Ipek Bilgen*+ and Ned English
• Companies: NORC and NORC
• Keywords: ABS ; Coverage Rates ; Non-response Rates ; Telephone Surveys ; Mail Surveys

Abstract

Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health across the U.S. Risk Factor Survey (REACH U.S.) provides the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the communities with quantitative data to track the progress and achievements of the community intervention programs to eliminate health disparities. For REACH U.S., NORC conducts multi-mode surveys using address-based sampling frames enhanced with race/ethnicity information. Specifically, REACH U.S. employs two sampling frames: 1- An address-based sampling (ABS) frame derived from the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) Delivery Sequence File (DSF), and 2- A race-enhanced targeted list. Also, REACH U.S. collects data mainly via two modes of data collection (telephone and mail interviews) to improve contact rates in the targeted subpopulations. This paper examines the REACH U.S. Year 3 achieved sample and investigates the association be