Objective: To assess the effect of wireless telephone substitution in a survey of health care reform opinions.
Data Source: Survey of New Jersey adults conducted by landline and wireless telephones from June 1 to July 9, 2007.
Study Design: Eighty-one survey measures are compared by wireless status. Logistic regression is used to confirm landline-wireless gaps in support for coverage reforms, controlling for population differences. Weights adjust for selection probability, complex sample design, and demographic distributions.
Principal Findings: Significant differences by wireless status were found in many survey measures. Wireless users were significantly more likely to favor coverage reforms. Higher support for government-sponsored universal coverage, income-related state coverage subsidies, and an individual mandate remain after adjustment for demographic variables.
Conclusions: Opinion polls excluding wireless users are likely to understate support for coverage reforms.
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