The effect of mode and context on survey results: Analysis of data from the Health Survey for England 2006 and the Boost Survey for London

Table 3 Results affected by survey mode: general health and fruit and vegetable consumption^a

	WOMEN		MEN
	Core	Boost	Core	Boost
	%	%	%	%
Self-assessed general health
Very good	33	21	36	24
Good	45	51	44	48
Fair	14	23	14	24
Bad	6	4	5	3
Very bad	2	1	1	1
P-value		0.000		0.000
Very good/good	78	72	79	72
Fair/bad/very bad	22	28	21	28
P-value		0.000		0.000
N	833	2701	736	2181
Portions of fruit and vegetables
Less than 1	5	4	8	6
1 to 2	26	15	26	17
3 to 4	27	27	28	24
5 or more	42	55	38	54
P-value		0.000		0.000
N	833	2647	735	2133

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