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All States 2003
  
Response Rates and Reasons for Noninterviews (in percent)
         Reason for Noninterviews
State Year Response Rate Refusal Unable to Locate No One Home Temporarily Absent Language Problem Insufficient Data Other
United States 2003 96.7 1.7 0.3 0.6 0.1 0.0 0.3 0.2
Alabama 2003 97.2 1.4 0.4 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.4
Alaska 2003 93.2 3.2 0.9 1.1 0.8 0.0 0.2 0.5
Arizona 2003 97.2 1.0 0.5 0.5 0.1 0.0 0.4 0.2
Arkansas 2003 97.8 1.0 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.5 0.0
California 2003 95.9 2.1 0.4 0.6 0.3 0.0 0.3 0.5
Colorado 2003 97.6 1.4 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.4 0.2
Connecticut 2003 96.7 2.1 0.1 0.5 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.2
Delaware 2003 97.0 1.5 0.4 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.3
District of Columbia 2003 88.5 4.0 0.5 5.2 0.3 0.2 0.5 0.9
Florida 2003 97.5 1.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.4 0.1
Georgia 2003 97.2 1.7 0.3 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.2
Hawaii 2003 95.7 2.4 0.1 0.4 0.2 0.0 0.3 0.8
Idaho 2003 96.6 2.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.4 0.3
Illinois 2003 96.9 1.5 0.3 0.5 0.1 0.0 0.3 0.3
Indiana 2003 98.1 0.9 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.4 0.0
Iowa 2003 98.2 0.8 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.0
Kansas 2003 98.2 0.9 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.1
Kentucky 2003 97.5 0.9 0.5 0.5 0.1 0.0 0.4 0.2
Louisiana 2003 96.6 1.8 0.2 0.6 0.1 0.0 0.3 0.4
Maine 2003 97.2 1.9 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.3
Maryland 2003 94.7 2.2 1.0 1.0 0.1 0.0 0.3 0.7
Massachusetts 2003 96.5 1.4 0.3 0.9 0.1 0.0 0.4 0.3
Michigan 2003 97.9 1.1 0.4 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.3 0.1
Minnesota 2003 98.3 0.9 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.3 0.0
Mississippi 2003 96.4 2.3 0.1 0.5 0.1 0.0 0.3 0.3
Missouri 2003 98.5 0.8 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.3 0.1
Montana 2003 97.2 1.4 0.3 0.4 0.1 0.0 0.4 0.2
Nebraska 2003 98.3 0.9 0.1 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.1
Nevada 2003 95.9 2.0 0.7 0.7 0.1 0.1 0.4 0.2
New Hampshire 2003 95.8 2.4 0.4 0.9 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.2
New Jersey 2003 94.9 2.6 0.2 1.5 0.1 0.1 0.4 0.3
New Mexico 2003 96.1 2.2 0.4 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.2
New York 2003 95.0 2.2 0.3 1.6 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.4
North Carolina 2003 96.3 1.6 0.6 0.9 0.1 0.0 0.3 0.2
North Dakota 2003 98.9 0.5 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.2
Ohio 2003 97.6 1.7 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.1
Oklahoma 2003 98.1 0.8 0.5 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.1
Oregon 2003 97.1 1.9 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.4 0.1
Pennsylvania 2003 97.1 1.3 0.2 0.9 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.2
Rhode Island 2003 97.6 1.2 0.2 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.1
South Carolina 2003 96.8 1.5 0.3 0.6 0.0 0.1 0.4 0.2
South Dakota 2003 98.1 0.8 0.1 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.3
Tennessee 2003 97.0 1.3 0.4 0.6 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.2
Texas 2003 95.9 2.3 0.3 0.7 0.3 0.0 0.3 0.3
Utah 2003 98.2 0.9 0.5 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2
Vermont 2003 95.6 2.5 0.2 1.2 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.2
Virginia 2003 97.1 1.4 0.2 0.7 0.1 0.0 0.3 0.2
Washington 2003 96.0 2.9 0.0 0.4 0.2 0.0 0.4 0.1
West Virginia 2003 98.1 1.1 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.0
Wisconsin 2003 98.2 1.0 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.3 0.1
Wyoming 2003 97.6 0.8 0.4 0.4 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.3
 
 
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