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Magnezi, Racheli; Bergman, Lisa Carroll; Urowitz, Sara – Health Education & Behavior, 2015
Objectives. To understand how patient preferences and perceptions of their relationship with their doctor (as patient, friend, partner, client, consumer, or insured) affects confidence in care provided and participation in health care. Methods. Telephone questionnaire to 2,135 households, representative of the population in Israel. Results. A…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Physician Patient Relationship, Patients, Physicians
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DeClou, Lindsay – Canadian Journal of Higher Education, 2016
Attrition from Canadian graduate programs is a point of concern on a societal, institutional, and individual level. To improve retention in graduate school, a better understanding of what leads to withdrawal needs to be reached. This paper uses logistic regression and discrete-time survival analysis with time-varying covariates to analyze data…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Graduate Study, Regression (Statistics), Graduate Students
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Yu, Kar-Ming; Wu, Alfred M.; Chan, Wai-Sum; Chou, Kee-Lee – Educational Gerontology, 2015
Using a phone survey conducted in 2012, we examined whether there is a gender difference in financial literacy among Hong Kong workers; and if such a difference exists, whether it can be explained by gender differences in sociodemographic variables, social or psychological factors, and/or the outcomes of retirement planning. Results show a gender…
Descriptors: Educational Gerontology, Gender Differences, Money Management, Telephone Surveys
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Hauserman, Cal P.; Ivankova, Nataliya V.; Stick, Sheldon L. – Journal of School Leadership, 2013
This mixed methods sequential explanatory study utilized the Multi-factor Leadership Questionnaire, responses to open-ended questions, and in-depth interviews to identify transformational leadership qualities that were present among principals in Alberta, Canada. The first quantitative phase consisted of a random sample of 135 schools (with…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mixed Methods Research, Questionnaires, Interviews
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Tough, Suzanne; Rikhy, Shivani; Benzies, Karen; Vekved, Monica; Kehler, Heather; Johnston, David W. – Early Education and Development, 2013
Research Findings: This study assessed public perceptions of child care and its providers in a Canadian province where government funding for child care includes subsidies and a voluntary accreditation process. In 2007-2008, 1,443 randomly selected adults in Alberta, Canada, completed a telephone survey. Individuals were eligible to participate if…
Descriptors: Child Care, Foreign Countries, Evidence, Educational Practices
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Burke, Lorraine; Nic Gabhainn, Saoirse; Young, Honor – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2015
Sexually active young adults are at an increased risk of acquiring sexually transmitted infections (STIs) or experiencing an unplanned pregnancy. Sexual behaviours such as inconsistent condom use, multiple partners and casual sex are known risk factors for negative sexual health outcomes. Sexually active higher education students are classified as…
Descriptors: Young Adults, Sex Education, Sexuality, Health Behavior
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Pálsdóttir, Ágústa – Information Research: An International Electronic Journal, 2014
Introduction: The paper presents findings from a study investigating the health and lifestyle information behaviour of different groups of Icelanders. The paper focuses on the use of social media and its role in current information behaviour. Method: Quantitative methods were used. Two random samples were used in the study and the data were…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Networks, Information Seeking, Health
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Nilsson, Staffan; Rubenson, Kjell – Studies in Continuing Education, 2014
This paper analyses the distribution of employment-related organised education and informal learning in the Canadian workforce. The paper draws on a large-scale survey, the Changing Nature of Work and Lifelong Learning (WALL), which was based on structured and standardised telephone interviews with a representative sample of 5783 Canadian members…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Informal Education, Vocational Education, Adult Education
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Morin, D.; Rivard, M.; Crocker, A. G.; Boursier, C. P.; Caron, J. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2013
Background: Public attitudes towards persons with intellectual disabilities (IDs) have a significant effect on potential community integration. A better understanding of these can help target service provision and public awareness programmes. Objectives: The objective of the present study is threefold: (1) describe public attitudes towards persons…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mental Retardation, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Comparative Analysis
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Johansen, Vegard – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2014
The significant increase of entrepreneurship education (EE) is a trend in Europe. Entrepreneurship education is supposed to promote general and specific entrepreneurial abilities and improve academic performance. This paper evaluates whether EE influences academic performance, measured by Grade Point Average. The main indicator used for EE is the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Entrepreneurship, Grade Point Average, Academic Achievement
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Veinot, Tiffany C.; Harris, Roma – Journal of Rural Health, 2011
Purpose: To explore information exchange about HIV/AIDS among people living in rural and urban communities and to assess the value of social capital theory, as well as demographic factors, in predicting community members' knowledge of HIV/AIDS and their likelihood of having talked about the disease. Method: A random-digit dial telephone survey was…
Descriptors: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Diseases, Telephone Surveys
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Goodman, Samantha; Hammond, David; Pillo-Blocka, Francy; Glanville, Theresa; Jenkins, Richard – Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, 2011
Objective: To examine longitudinal trends in use of nutrition information among Canadians. Design: Population-based telephone and Internet surveys. Setting and Participants: Representative samples of Canadian adults recruited with random-digit dialing sampling in 2004 (n = 2,405) and 2006 (n = 2,014) and an online commercial panel in 2008 (n =…
Descriptors: Nutrition, Information Sources, Foreign Countries, Internet
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Baron-Epel, Orna – Health Education & Behavior, 2010
This article highlights beliefs, attitudes, and barriers that are associated with mammography use in four distinct cultural and ethnic groups in Israel: veteran, ultra-orthodox, and immigrant Jewish and Arab women. A random telephone survey of 1,550 women was performed. Information from claims records concerning mammography use was obtained for…
Descriptors: Health Services, Jews, Females, Cancer
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Lee, Yu-Kang; Chang, Chun-Tuan – International Journal of Educational Advancement, 2008
Giving to charities comes in two major forms: time and money. This study explores whether donors/nondonors and volunteers/nonvolunteers can be uncovered in the Taiwanese context using demographic, socio-economic, psychographic, and attitudinal variables suggested by the interdisciplinary literature. Data were collected by a large-scale telephone…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Motivation, Volunteers, Fund Raising
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Bladon, Teresa L. – Canadian Journal of Program Evaluation, 2009
Rapidly declining response rates and the associated threat of nonresponse bias call into question the validity of data obtained through telephone surveys, a tool often used in evaluation. This article explores changes in nonresponse bias over time by examining three data points (1991, 1996, and 2002) from an annual household telephone survey…
Descriptors: Telephone Surveys, Foreign Countries, Response Rates (Questionnaires), Trend Analysis
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