Table 5.

Overview of the participation status of household selected for participation, Belgian health interview survey 2001

11,007 valid addresses (100%)
Initial selected HH		First substitute		Second substitute		Third substitute
6,436 (58.5%)		2,775 (25.2%)		1,281 (11.6%)		515 (4.7%)
Initial selected HH (100%)		First substitute (100%)		Second substitute (100%)		Third substitute (100%)
Contactable	Non-contactable	Contactable	Non-contactable	Contactable	Non-contactable	Contactable	Non-contactable
5427 (84.3%)	1009 (15.7%)	2207 (79.5%)	568 (20.5%)	1001 (78.1%)	280 (21.9%)	394 (76.5%)	121 (23.5%)
Contactable HH (100%)		Contactable HH (100%)		Contactable HH (100%)		Contactable HH (100%)
Participation	Refusal	Participation	Refusal	Participation	Refusal	Participation	Refusal
3,493 (64.4%)	1,934 (35.6%)	1,288 (58.4%)	919 (41.6%)	547 (54.6%)	454 (45.4%)	205 (52.0%)	189 (48.0%)
Overall participation: 5,553 (61.3%)				Overall refusal: 3,496 (38.7%)