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WELL WHAT DO YOU THINK (2004): THE SECOND NATIONAL SCOTTISH SURVEY OF PUBLIC ATTITUDES TO MENTAL HEALTH, MENTAL WELL-BEING AND MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS
ANNEX A: SURVEY ADMINISTRATION
A.1 An advance letter was sent to all sampled households from the Scottish Executive. The letter was printed on headed paper and signed by the Director of the National Programme. Because the PAF does not identify the names of householders, the letters were addressed to 'Dear Householder'. The advance letter was designed to provide basic information about the survey, but to avoid giving prominence to the issue of mental health. The copy of the advance letter can be found in Annex D.
A.2 A contact sheet was designed and printed for each address in the sample, 2,625 in total. The contact sheets acted as a record of each visit for each selected address. It was fully data entered to record information on the number of calls made to achieve an interview, as well as the day and time of each interview. In addition it recorded important information on the outcome of the interview, i.e. successful interview, refusal information, no contact or other as tables A.1 and A.2 show.
A.3 All fieldwork on this project was conducted by MORI's fully trained fieldforce. All interviewing on this project was conducted using CAPI which has been discussed earlier in this report. Interviewers were instructed to download their successful interviews at the end of each day so that the project team could monitor progress throughout fieldwork. Interviewers were also instructed to return all contact sheets (successful and otherwise) to the MORI field department in London so that the data could be entered to monitor progress. Information on the number of adults 16+ was recorded from the contact sheets and data was later weighted by this to account for the fact that individuals living in larger households had a lower probability of selection than adults who were living in a single adult household.
Table A.1: Summary table and record of achievals
Summary
| No. | % of total valid sample |
Issued sample | 2,625 | |
Out of scope addresses | 217 | |
Remaining valid sample | 2,408 | |
Successful interviews | 1,401 | 58 |
Refused | 404 | 17 |
No contacts/other | 603 | 25 |
Achievals after number of calls | | % of total achievals |
Interviews achieved after 1 call | 420 | 30 |
Interviews achieved after 2 calls | 337 | 24 |
Interviews achieved after 3 calls | 246 | 18 |
Interviews achieved after 4 calls | 148 | 11 |
Interviews achieved after 5 calls | 104 | 7 |
Interviews achieved after 6+ calls | 146 | 10 |
Total achievals | 1,401 | |
Table A.2: Final Outcomes
Final Outcomes - No contacts/other
| No. | % of total valid sample |
No contacts | 440 | 18 |
Too ill | 42 | 2 |
Away during fieldwork | 50 | 2 |
Mother tongue required | 4 | * |
Other | 32 | 1 |
Withdrawn by Head Office | 35 | 2 |
Total no contacts/property ineligible/other | 603 | 25 |
Source: MORI
Table A.3: Refusal information
Refusal information
| No. | % of total valid sample |
Number addresses refused | 404 | 17 |
| | % of total refused addresses |
Refused before respondent selection | 247 | 61 |
Refused after respondent selection | 156 | 39 |
Entry to block/scheme refused by warden | 1 | * |
Never does surveys | 66 | 5 |
Interview takes too long | 5 | 1 |
Taken part in too many surveys | 12 | 3 |
Interview is too intrusive | 10 | 3 |
Too busy at this time | 64 | 16 |
Always too busy | 64 | 16 |
Worried about misuse of information | 9 | 2 |
Worried about confidentiality | 8 | 2 |
Worried about safety/security | 5 | 1 |
Survey is a waste of money | 5 | 1 |
Not interested in helping government | 18 | 5 |
Not interested in the subject matter | 70 | 17 |
'Nothing in it for me' | 5 | 1 |
Don't want to talk about mental health | 19 | 5 |
Other | 95 | 24 |
Total number of refusal codes | 455 | |
Source: MORI
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