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released: 12 Nov 2010

This brief report shows that it is feasible to access telephone listings for surveys by using the Australian electoral roll databases as a starting point. Around 52% of records sampled from the electoral rolls were matched with the Sensis MacroMatch service to append a current home or mobile telephone number.

ISBN 978-1-74249-073-1; Cat. no. PHE 129; 18pp.; INTERNET ONLY

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Publication table of contents

  • Preliminary material
    • Title and verso pages
    • Contents
    • Summary 1
      • Key findings
  • Body section
    1. Introduction
      • Acknowledgments
    2. Methods
      • Overview
      • Statistical software
      • Match process
        • Match
      • Survey outcome
      • AEC sample
    3. Findings
      • MacroMatch match outcome
      • Survey response outcome
    4. Conclusion

Recommended citation

AIHW 2010. Electoral roll matching project. Cat. no. PHE 129. Canberra: AIHW. Viewed 13 June 2013 <http://www.aihw.gov.au/publication-detail/?id=6442468401>.