This is the number of contact calls that were attempted to contact the respondent. A maximum of 10 attempts should ideally be made. However, 3 or 4 calls may be more realistic in some countries. Each country will decide on the optimum number of calls and communicate this to WHO. Phone calls, which are not answered or messages left on answering machines, will not be counted as contact calls.
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