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Table 3 Characteristics of original sample, stratified by response status and by tracking/privacy condition and incentive; results reported as a percentage (%)

From: Impact of different privacy conditions and incentives on survey response rate, participant representativeness, and disclosure of sensitive information: a randomized controlled trial

Characteristic

Overall

Overall by response

By tracking/privacy condition

By Incentive

   

Confidential

Anonymized-Envelope

Anonymous-Postcard

$10

$20

  

N = 324

n = 109

n = 109

n = 106

n = 161

n = 163

  

Respondent?

Respondent?

Respondent?

Respondent?

Respondent?

Respondent?

  

Yes

No

Yes

No

Yes

No

Yes

No

Yes

No

Yes

No

N = 324

n = 196

n = 128

n = 61

n = 48

n = 69

n = 40

n = 66

n = 40

n = 85

n = 76

n = 111

n = 52

Age > =50 yrs

35.8

44.4

22.7***

42.6

18.8**

50.7

27.5*

39.4

22.5

56.5

22.4***

35.1

23.1

Army service

63.0

60.2

67.2*

63.9

70.8*

56.5

65.0*

60.6

65.0

63.5

68.4

57.7

65.4

Receiving VA disability

             

benefits

83.3

84.2

82.0

90.2

75.0*

82.6

85.0*

80.3

87.5

87.1

85.5

82.0

76.9

VA visit last yr:

             

 Any type

74.1

78.1

68.0

82.0

68.8

87.0

70.0**

65.2

65.0

81.2

72.4

75.7

61.5

 Primary care

63.3

67.9

56.2

67.2

56.2

79.7

55.0**

56.1

57.5

68.2

55.3

67.6

57.7

 Mental health

47.5

51.0

42.2

54.1

45.8

65.2

35.0**

33.3

45.0

60.0

42.1

44.1

42.3

  1. Bold face font signifies a statistically significant difference between respondents and non-respondents within that column.
  2. *p ≤ 0.05, **p ≤ 0.01, ***p ≤ 0.001.