Smokers' BMI and perceived health: Does the order of questions matter?
We surveyed 431 daily smokers between November 2014 and March 2015 to examine the impact of the order of questions on the response to a self-reported health question as part of a larger experimental study. We randomized the question order, with some respondents providing their weight prior to self-r...
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| author | Matthew C. Rousu Richard O'Connor Maansi Bansal-Travers |
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| description | We surveyed 431 daily smokers between November 2014 and March 2015 to examine the impact of the order of questions on the response to a self-reported health question as part of a larger experimental study. We randomized the question order, with some respondents providing their weight prior to self-reporting their health, while others did the opposite. We found that self-reported health outcomes are worse when smokers are first asked to report their weight. However, the order of questions only seems to impact those who are overweight as we did not find evidence that the order of questions affected responses for those with a BMI below 25. These findings suggest that the order of asking self-rated health and weight questions appears to matter, at least for overweight current smokers. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-cc96195f7e964bc9bb1121e7a3da567c2022-12-21T19:30:01ZengElsevierPreventive Medicine Reports2211-33552017-03-015C14014310.1016/j.pmedr.2016.12.004Smokers' BMI and perceived health: Does the order of questions matter?Matthew C. Rousu0Richard O'Connor1Maansi Bansal-Travers2Susquehanna University, 311 Apfelbaum Hall, Selinsgrove, PA 17870, United StatesRoswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY 14263, United StatesRoswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY 14263, United StatesWe surveyed 431 daily smokers between November 2014 and March 2015 to examine the impact of the order of questions on the response to a self-reported health question as part of a larger experimental study. We randomized the question order, with some respondents providing their weight prior to self-reporting their health, while others did the opposite. We found that self-reported health outcomes are worse when smokers are first asked to report their weight. However, the order of questions only seems to impact those who are overweight as we did not find evidence that the order of questions affected responses for those with a BMI below 25. These findings suggest that the order of asking self-rated health and weight questions appears to matter, at least for overweight current smokers.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211335516301589FramingPrimingSmokersBMIObesityOverweight |
| spellingShingle | Matthew C. Rousu Richard O'Connor Maansi Bansal-Travers Smokers' BMI and perceived health: Does the order of questions matter? Preventive Medicine Reports Framing Priming Smokers BMI Obesity Overweight |
| title | Smokers' BMI and perceived health: Does the order of questions matter? |
| title_full | Smokers' BMI and perceived health: Does the order of questions matter? |
| title_fullStr | Smokers' BMI and perceived health: Does the order of questions matter? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Smokers' BMI and perceived health: Does the order of questions matter? |
| title_short | Smokers' BMI and perceived health: Does the order of questions matter? |
| title_sort | smokers bmi and perceived health does the order of questions matter |
| topic | Framing Priming Smokers BMI Obesity Overweight |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211335516301589 |
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