Survey Refusals to Participate in Surveys: General Methodological Problems and Specificity of Medical and Sociological Research

Conducted sociological research contributed to the identification of two groups of reasons for refusal to participate in surveys: common to all sociological studies and specific to medical sociological ones. The first group includes methodological, social and psychological aspects. The methodical reason for refusals is related to the uncomfortable conditions at the polling sites. This social aspect of refusal to participate in polls is noted as the absence of feedback on its results. The psychological aspect is related to the perception of the interviewer by the respondents. The group of specific problems of medico-sociological research included failures due to the heavy physical or psychological state of the respondents.