Input Presentation for Working Group 6 Data Collection Methods and Field Work Claudia Santos-Hövener

Data Collection Methods for EHIS Member states Valid percentages Paper and pencil interviews (PAPI) BE, BG, CZ, EE, HR, HU, GR, LV, LT, MT, PL, RO, SI, SK 64 % (52 %) Computer assisted interviews (CAPI) AT, CH, CY, ES, FR, LV, PT, TR (IE, IT, NL, UK) 36 % (44 %) Computer assisted telephone interviews (CATI) CH, DE (NL, UK) 9 % (15 %) Self-administered questionnaire AT, BE, CH, CY, FR , HR, MT (IT, NL, UK) 32 % (37 %)

Feedback on Data Collection from Member States (1) Data collection method Category Themes Paper and pencil interviews (PAPI) Practicalities and convenience Cheaper than CAPI (CZ,EE) Expensive (HR, LT, PL) easy for organisation and distribution (CZ, BE) lots of paper; data entry (HR, LT, SI, EE) Easier to handle for interviewers (e.g. in remote areas) (LT) Quality of data more prone to mistakes (CZ, BE) Many missing values (CH) no way to check for inconsistencies (CZ, MT) Lots of data cleaning required (MT, EE, Response rate low (AT) Other Respondents feared for their confidentiality (RO) Works well (CY, SI)

Feedback on Data Collection from Member States (2) Data collection method Category Themes Computer assisted interviews (CAPI) Advantages Advantage of having plausibility and coherency checks included (AT, ES. FR,PT) Regular transmission of data possible during field phase (AT) Allows correcting answers during the interview when respondent changes her/his mind (ES, FR, AT) Enables easy implementation of filters and links (LV) Less mistakes in responses (compared to PAPI) (LV) Mode of choice when interviewing elderly people (FR) Respondents prefer CAPI (LV) Problems More expensive (FR) Show cards don’t work with the elderly and persons with low level of education (RO) Problems for interviewers: safety, technical issues (HR) Computer assisted telephone interviews (CATI) Good experience, most parts of EHIS questionnaire can be carried out in a CATI mode (DE)

Other Concerns Regarding Data Collection Category Sub-theme Response/ Participation Rate How can we increase participation rate? (BE) EHIS should not be conducted in the summer months due to low response rates (HR, MT) Minorities Minorities or other population subgroups in interest should be sampled in the future (HR) Include institutionalized persons in data collection (LT) Implementation of EHIS into national surveys How can we combine EHIS (or other European surveys) with national health surveys? (IT) Reduce the number of indicators to those really comparable, and make it possible for countries to include with national questions in order to have only one HIS per country (IT) Issues with data collection How can we make the EHIS work for all data collection methods? (DE) Use of PAPI created problems in data validation as skips were not always adhered to (MT) Use of CATI makes it impossible to use show cards (NL) Seasonal considerations regarding data collection (HR, MT) Can countries add own questions if needed/wanted?