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Table 1 Response Rates Between and Within Groups

From: Getting physicians to open the survey: little evidence that an envelope teaser increases response rates

 

No Response (N = 1062)

Response (N = 188)

Total (N = 1250)

p value

Age Group

   

0.4568

   < 34

80 (7.5%)

12 (6.4%)

92 (7.4%)

 

   34-44

314 (29.6%)

61 (32.4%)

375 (30.0%)

 

   45-54

375 (35.3%)

56 (29.8%)

431 (34.5%)

 

   55-64

272 (25.6%)

53 (28.2%)

325 (26.0%)

 

   65+

21 (2.0%)

6 (3.2%)

27 (2.2%)

 

Gender

   

0.7014

   Missing

42 (.%)

3 (.%)

45

 

   Female

300 (29.4%)

57 (30.8%)

357 (29.6%)

 

   Male

720 (70.6%)

128 (69.2%)

848 (70.4%)

 

Office vs. Hospital

   

0.9240

   Missing

2 (.%)

0 (.%)

2

 

   Office Based

972 (91.7%)

172 (91.5%)

1144 (91.7%)

 

   Hospital Based

88 (8.3%)

16 (8.5%)

104 (8.3%)

 

Census Region

   

0.4286

   West

233 (21.9%)

40 (21.3%)

273 (21.8%)

 

   Midwest

199 (18.7%)

41 (21.8%)

240 (19.2%)

 

   Northeast

241 (22.7%)

39 (20.7%)

280 (22.4%)

 

   Other

20 (1.9%)

7 (3.7%)

27 (2.2%)

 

   South

369 (34.7%)

61 (32.4%)

430 (34.4%)

 

Years since graduation

   

0.0713

   < 5

7 (0.7%)

1 (0.5%)

8 (0.6%)

 

   5-9

86 (8.1%)

26 (13.8%)

112 (9.0%)

 

   10-19

380 (35.8%)

58 (30.9%)

438 (35.0%)

 

   20+

589 (55.5%)

103 (54.8%)

692 (55.4%)

 

Sticker

   

0.4062

   No

532 (50.1%)

88 (46.8%)

620 (49.6%)

 

   Yes

530 (49.9%)

100 (53.2%)

630 (50.4%)

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