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Table 1 Characteristics of study participants by type of recruitment

From: Understanding recruitment: outcomes associated with alternate methods for seed selection in respondent driven sampling

Variable

Arm 1 recruits (n = 196)

Arm 2 seeds (n = 118)

Arm 2 recruits (n = 264)

pvalue

Education

    

Graduate or in school

84 (42.9)

29 (24.6)

96 (36.3)

0.005

Dropped out or unsure

112 (57.1)

89 (75.4)

168 (63.6)

 

Income

    

Full/part-time work

36 (18.4)

8 (6.8)

39 (14.8)

0.017

Support

160 (81.6)

110 (93.2)

225 (85.2)

 

Housing

    

Private residence

106 (54.1)

54 (45.8)

160 (60.6)

0.024

Public residence

90 (45.9)

64 (54.2)

104 (39.4)

 

Gender

    

Male

110 (56.1)

53 (44.9)

143 (54.2)

0.191

Female

82 (41.8)

64 (54.2)

119 (45.1)

 

Transgender

4 (2.0)

1 (0.9)

2 (0.8)

 

Ethnicity

    

Caucasian

62 (31.6)

10 (8.5)

57 (21.6)

<0.0001

Aboriginal

80 (40.8)

80 (67.8)

150 (56.8)

 

Metis

42 (21.4)

24 (20.3)

47 (17.8)

 

Other/unsure

12 (6.1)

4 (3.4)

10 (3.8)

 

Solvent use

    

No

136 (69.4)

64 (54.2)

147 (55.7)

0.004

Yes

60 (30.6)

54 (45.8)

117 (44.3)

 

IDU

    

No

101 (51.5)

53 (44.9)

136 (51.5)

0.441

Yes

95 (48.8)

65 (55.1)

128 (48.5)

 

Street-involved youth

    

No

161 (82.1)

99 (83.9)

246 (93.2)

0.001

Yes

35 (17.9)

19 (16.1)

18 (6.8)

 

MSM

    

No

179 (91.3)

115 (97.5)

254 (96.2)

0.023

Yes

17 (8.7)

3 (2.5)

10 (3.8)

 

Sex work

    

No

182 (92.9)

97 (82.2)

228 (86.4)

0.014

Yes

14 (7.1)

21 (17.8)

36 (13.6)