Waist circumference
Single Wave Study
General Information
Title
Waist circumference
Project Number
46
Abstract
Between November 2009 and January 2010, a study was conducted in the LISS panel into the waist circumference of respondents. The study was designed as an experiment with the purpose of determining the factors that either increase or decrease respondents' willingness to participate in such a study. The figure below presents the course of the study in outline.
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Longitudinal Type
Single Wave Study
Topics
Researcher
Mertens, Stephanie
Publisher
CentERdata
Copyright
© 2010 CentERdata
Funding Organization
CentERdata/MESS Project
DOI
https://doi.org/10.17026/dans-xq6-cwru
Datasets and documentation
View Documentation
Codebook in English
Codebook in Dutch
illustration
Data Files
English SPSS file
English STATA file
Variables
| Variable name | Variable Label | Variable Type |
|---|---|---|
| nomem_encr | Number of household member encrypted | preloaded |
| bw09a001 | experimental group compensation for participation | preloaded |
| bw09a002 | experimental group consent request with first invitation | preloaded |
| bw09a003 | experimental group manner of consenting | preloaded |
| bw09a004 | experimental condition feedback of results | preloaded |
| bw09a005 | experimental condition instruction video | preloaded |
| bw09a006 | Seen first invitational questionnaire | derived |
| bw09a007 | answer consent question in first invitational questionnaire | directly measured |
| bw09a008 | answer consent question in second invitational questionnaire | directly measured |
| bw09a009 | I don't want to know the size of my waist circumference | directly measured |
| bw09a010 | I think it takes too much time | directly measured |
| bw09a011 | I don't like these sorts of measurements | directly measured |
| bw09a012 | other (namely) | directly measured |
| bw09a013 | other, but I don't want to give any reasons | directly measured |
| bw09a014 | Why do you prefer not to participate in the measuring of waist circumference? | directly measured |
| bw09a015 | Returned the completed consent form | constructed |
| bw09a016 | My waist circumference, at first measurement, is in centimeters: | directly measured |
| bw09a017 | My waist circumference, at second measurement, is in centimeters: | directly measured |
| bw09a018 | My waist circumference at third measurement is: | directly measured |
| bw09a019 | I found measuring my waist circumference to be | directly measured |
| bw09a020 | I found measuring my waist circumference to be | directly measured |
| bw09a021 | Would you like to receive the results of this study? | directly measured |
| bw09a022 | Starting date questionnaire | constructed |
| bw09a023 | Starting time questionnaire | constructed |
| bw09a024 | End date questionnaire | constructed |
| bw09a025 | End time questionnaire | constructed |
| bw09a026 | Duration in seconds | derived |
Questions
Questionnaire: Waist circumference
This questionnaire was originally conducted in Dutch.
Browse Waist circumferenceResponse Information
Response Overview
Selected number of household members: 1500 (100%)Non-response: 505 (33.7%)
Actual response:
complete: 658 (43.9%)
incomplete: 337 (22.4%)
Collection Events
Period
02-11-2009 to 27-01-2010
Sample
One member per household aged 16 years or older who had not previously participated in a previous study on biomarkers.
Collection Mode
internet survey
Fieldwork Note
a reminder was sent twice to non-respondents