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Table 5 Sociometric characteristics of participants who responded to the custom research company hired at the fourth TRAILS measurement wave (T4-easy-to-recruit), participants who responded after extra recruitment effort of the TRAILS research team (T4-hard-to-recruit), participants who did not respond at the fourth wave but did participate in the third wave (non-responder T4) and of participants who had dropped out from TRAILS prior to the fourth wave (drop-out since T2 or T3)

From: Benefits of extensive recruitment effort persist during follow-ups and are consistent across age group and survey method. The TRAILS study

 

   T4-easy-to-recruit (ref.)

   T4-hard-to-recruit

   Non-responder T4

   Drop-out since T2 or T3

 

Mean ( SD )

Mean ( SD )

OR

95% CI

Mean ( SD )

OR

95% CI

Mean ( SD )

OR

95% CI

T1 Sociometric Characteristics

Peer acceptance

29 (15)

27 (17)

0.88

0.72-1.08

26 (16)

0.80

0.60-1.06

27 (16)

0.87

0.71-1.07

Peer rejection

11 (12)

15 (15)

1.29*

1.07-1.56

18 (16)

1.50*

1.19-1.88

16 (16)

1.35*

1.13-1.63

Bullying

05 (07)

07 (09)

1.35*

1.13-1.62

10 (13)

1.56*

1.27-1.93

08 (11)

1.39*

1.16-1.66

Victimization

04 (07)

04 (08)

1.05

0.86-1.28

05 (08)

1.16

0.93-1.37

05 (10)

1.15

0.97-1.37

Helping

22 (14)

19 (14)

0.79*

0.64-0.98

18 (12)

0.75

0.55-1.01

22 (15)

0.97

0.79-1.18

T2 Sociometric Characteristics

Peer acceptance

21 (12)

22 (14)

1.13

0.93-1.38

27 (14)

1.61*

1.25-2.06

20 (13)

0.97

0.75-1.25

Peer rejection

11 (13)

13 (18)

1.15

0.95-1.39

12 (14)

1.09

0.83-1.45

17 (15)

1.44*

1.19-1.75

Bullying

02 (04)

03 (08)

1.45*

1.19-1.76

05 (11)

1.64*

1.32-2.03

05 (09)

1.66*

1.37-2.02

Victimization

02 (05)

03 (08)

1.26*

1.06-1.50

05 (09)

1.48*

1.22-1.79

03 (06)

1.21

0.97-1.50

Helping

25 (13)

22 (14)

0.76*

0.61-0.94

27 (13)

1.18

0.90-1.54

20 (10)

0.68*

0.52-0.89

  1. *p < .05; *p < .05; Odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) from single multinomial logistic regression analyses, variables standardized in regression analyses; n = 1,065 (T1 sociometrics) and 1,007 (T2 sociometrics). Sociometric status is given in percentages, which were standardized for regression analyses.