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Table 1 Total response and overview of reasons for non-response (n = 200)

From: Demand of elderly people for residential care: an exploratory study

Number of subjects selected

200

Number of subjects approached by letter

 

   - 3 addresses were removed because they were incomplete

-3

197

Number of subjects not available for participation

 

   - 2 deceased

 

   - 19 admitted into homes for the elderly

 

   - 1 person claimed not to be on a waiting list

-22

175

Number of subjects who could not been reached by phone due to administrative problems

 

   - 6 phone numbers were out of order

 

   - 5 addresses seemed to be wrong (selected person unknown)

 

   - 1 person had moved out and left no forwarding address

-12

163

Number of subjects who could not been reached over a lengthy period of time (n = 22)

-22

141

Number of subjects who did not want to participate

 

   - lack of interest (n = 50)

 

   - being too sick, confused or disabled (n = 26)

-76

Total interviews conducted

65

   - 3 interviews have not been analysed

-3

Total interviews analysed

(including 67 elderly people: 5 couples and 57 singles)

62