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Table 2 Sampling procedures and data collection methods in countries participating in the KIDSCREEN study: cooperation, completion, and response rates. Countries are ordered by sampling method and alphabetically by abbreviations.

From: Methods and representativeness of a European survey in children and adolescents: the KIDSCREEN study

 

Sampling

Data collection

Response rate

Country

Method

ECCa

Coop.a

Coop. rate

Modea

V.C.a

Qfilla

Completion rate

 
  

N

n

%

 

N

n

%

%

Phone & mail

         

AT. Austria

CATIa

4433

2425

54.7

Mail

2395

1544

64.5

35.3

CH. Switzerland

CATI

4349

2423

55.7

Mail

2423

1746

72.1

40.2

DE. Germany

CATI

4642

2430

52.3

Mail

2413

1873

77.6

40.6

ES. Spain

CATI

4009

2052

51.2

Mail

1956b

924

47.2

24.2

FR. France

CATI

4222

2459

58.2

Mail

2382b

1079

45.3

26.4

NL. The Netherlands

CATI

866

426

49.2

Mail

1961

1919

97.8

48.1 c

 

DIDOCa

2549

1949

76.5

    

74.8 c

Schools

         

EL. Greece

Schools

1656

1192

72.0

Schools

1192

1192

100

72.0

HU. Hungary

Schools

3622

3560

97.2

Schools

3560

3297

92.6

90.0

IE. Ireland

Schools

1534

1265

82.5

Schools

1265

1265

100

82.5

SE. Sweden

Schools

3650

3354

91.2

Schools

3354

3354

100

91.2

Other

         

UK. United Kingdom

CATI

2517

1079

42.8

Mail

1062

468

44.1

18.9

 

Schools

2210

1526

69.0

Schools

1526

1526

100

69.0

PL. Poland

Schools

2915

2411

82.7

Mail

2378

1715

72.1

59.6

CZ. Czech Republic

MPSa

2283

1632

71.5

Households

1632

1632

100

71.5

  1. a ECC: adults with eligible children contacted; Coop.: parents who agreed to participate ; Mode: Mode of administration; VC: valid cases or addresses; Qfill: questionnaires filled in by children or adolescents, and sent back; CATI: computer assisted telephone interview; DIDOC: large data services institute in the Netherlands; MPS: Multistage probability sampling for selecting households; bRefusals were confirmed in Spain (n = 205) and France (n = 5) by phone. c Mean response rate for the NL was 68.0%.