calls repeatedly ...we never pick up
today we did ...it was a pansy sounding yuppie type
we hung up

A bi-weekly recurrent caller that I have learned to ignore on seeing caller id #.  If I thought there was a good chance I could relieve the calls by picking up and asking to be removed from caller list I would.  This site suggests that is not advised.

Call me an old-fashioned girl but I find all unsolicited calls (no matter if surreptitiously solicitous or survey-related - info or political) a sure-fire lowering of quality of life effort that I have no interest in accommodating.  
Data minus the human consideration factor = devolution.

Sigh! ... on behalf of us all wearied by this  b***s*it.

i work in the call center if you ask too be removed you will be BUT I would ask first go too the web address www.cdc.gov/brfss and check it out . by not taking part all your doing in the long run is making sure that funding for health programs in your area are not put into areas of need .

oh shut up

Receiving calls from this number over and over.  They claim to be Mass Dept of Health.  Caller ID is "Unknown caller".  
If you pick up, they start asking questions about household members, ages, sex, etc.  They were told we are  not comfortable answering these questions and stop calling.  They called back later in the day!
Why would anyone answer all these questions over the phone with no way to confirm and no caller ID comes up.  
I called the #, it says it's the Mass Behavioral Risk Factor Study.  Answering all those questions IS a risk.