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Table 6 Substance use 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

 

n(%)

n(%)

OR

95% CI

n(%)

OR

95% CI

n(%)

OR

95% CI

Lifetime substance use

T2 Tobacco lifetime prevalence

533 (33.7)

107 (44.0)

1.55*

1.18-2.03

62 (50.8)

2.03*

1.40-2.94

56 (39.7)

1.30

0.91-1.84

T2 Alcohol lifetime prevalence

1,162 (73.9)

194 (79.8)

1.40*

1.00-1.95

92 (76.7)

1.16

0.75-1.80

103 (72.5)

0.93

0.64-1.37

T2 Cannabis lifetime prevalence

100 (6.3)

28 (11.6)

1.94*

1.25-3.02

11 (9.3)

1.52

0.79-2.92

14 (10.1)

1.65

0.92-2.98

T3 Tobacco lifetime prevalence

819 (57.1)

89 (70.6)

1.81*

1.21-2.69

69 (70.4)

1.79*

1.14-2.79

-

  

T3 Alcohol lifetime prevalence

1,345 (93.9)

125 (98.4)

4.04

0.98-16.62

92 (93.9)

0.99

0.42-2.33

-

  

T3 Cannabis lifetime prevalence

439 (30.7)

45 (35.4)

1.24

0.85-1.81

35 (36.5)

1.29

0.84-1.99

-

  

T4 Tobacco lifetime prevalence

1,153 (72.7)

100 (81.3)

1.64*

1.03-2.61

-

  

-

  

T4 Alcohol lifetime prevalence

1,146 (98.2)

121 (99.2)

2.27

0.31-16.81

-

  

-

  

T4 Cannabis lifetime prevalence

841 (53.1)

66 (55.0)

1.08

0.75-1.57

-

  

-

  
  1. *p < .05; Odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) from logistic regression analyses; n varies between 2,074 and 2,087 (T2), 1,651 and 1,658 (T3), and 1,697 and 1,710 (T4).