From: Comparing two sampling methods to engage hard-to-reach communities in research priority setting
Characteristic | Snowball sampling stakeholders N (%) | Purposive plus convenience sampling stakeholders N (%) | P Valuea |
---|---|---|---|
Stakeholders | 55 (100 %) | 62 (100 %) | – |
Age, mean ± SD (years) | 58 ± 11.97 | 57 ± 9.77 | 0.624c |
Gender | |||
 Female | 38 (69) | 40 (65) | 0.60 |
 Male | 17 (31) | 22 (35) |  |
Race/Ethnicity | |||
 Hispanic | 48 (87) | 45 (73) | 0.049 |
 Non-Hispanic White | 7 (13) | 17 (27) |  |
Employment Status | |||
 Employed | 17 (31) | 38 (61) | <0.001 |
 Disability | 26 (47) | 6 (10) |  |
 Retired | 8 (15) | 16 (26) |  |
 Unemployed | 4 (7) | 2 (3) |  |
Occupation | 17 (100Â %) | 38 (100Â %) | 0.474b |
 Administrative | 1 (6.25) | 6 (16) |  |
 Agriculture | 2 (6.25) | 3 (8) |  |
 Business | 2 (12.5) | 8 (21) |  |
 Domestic Labor | 3 (18.75) | 7 (18) |  |
 Education | 2 (12.5) | 2 (5) |  |
 Government | 3 (18.75) | 1 (3) |  |
 Healthcare | 2 (12.5) | 2 (5) |  |
 Manual Labor | 2 (12.5) | 6 (16) |  |
 Self-employed | 0 (0) | 3 (8) |  |
Primary Language | |||
 English | 46 (84) | 55 (89) | 0.089 |
 Spanish | 9 (16) | 7 (11) |  |