4363.0 - National Health Survey: Users' Guide, 2017-18  
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Response rates

A fully responding household is one in which all parts of the interview were completed for all persons in scope.

The sample for the HLS was taken from the total initial sample of 16,376 fully or adequately responding households enumerated for the 2017-18 NHS. The actual HLS sample approached was 7,224 households. Of these households in the actual sample, 5,790 (80.1%) were fully responding households. This represents an overall response rate of 35.4% when measured against the total initial sample of respondents to the 2017-18 National Health Survey.


APPROACHED SAMPLE, FINAL SAMPLE AND RESPONSE RATES
NSW
Vic.
Qld
SA
WA
Tas.
NT
ACT
Aust.
NHS 17-18 Households in sample
3 271
2 612
3 364
1 658
1 656
1 605
1 089
1 121
16 376
Households approached for HLS (after sample loss)
1 303
1 150
1 334
824
765
716
434
698
7 224
Fully responding HLS sample
1 021
924
1 047
650
601
592
348
608
5 790
Response rate for HLS only (%)
78.4
80.3
78.5
78.9
78.6
82.7
80.2
87.1
80.1
Response rate of total NHS sample (%)
31.2
35.3
31.1
39.2
36.3
36.9
32.0
54.2
35.4