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Table 9 Demographics for referrals for media (free and paid)

From: You are how you recruit: a cohort and randomized controlled trial of recruitment strategies

 

Free-media

Paid media

  

Postal

Free-to-read

Transit

Internet

Radio

Trade specific publication

Paid-to-read

Birth issues

 

n = 41

n = 17

n = 197

n = 230

n = 430

n = 207

n = 1107

n = 43

n = 1712

Mean age (SD)

30.6 (4.8)

29.9 (3.8)

30.8 (5.1)

31.1 (4.3)

31.3 (4.3) *

30.2 (4.5)

30.7 (4.6)

30.4 (3.6)

30.5 (4.6)

n = 13

n = 10

n = 44

n = 83

n = 147

n = 63

n = 379

n = 19

n = 589

Above 24 weeks GA

45.00%

41.18%

52.97%

52.34%

56.35%

44.22%*

55.88%

76.19%*

55.66%

n = 18

n = 7

n = 98

n = 112

n = 235

n = 88

n = 594

n = 32

n = 915

Mean income quintile (SD)

2.8 (1.4)

2.9 (1.5)

3.4 (1.3)

3.4* (1.4)

3.1 (1.4)

3.0 (1.4)

3.1 (1.4)

3.1 (1.4)

3.1 (1.4)

 

n = 32

n = 17

n = 152

n = 193

n = 372

n = 159

n = 939

n = 42

n = 1466

  1. *p < 0.05.