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Table 1 Sampling projections and final recruitment by region and parish

From: Factors affecting study efficiency and item non-response in health surveys in developing countries: the Jamaica national healthy lifestyle survey

Health Region

Parish

Projected Sample

Actual Number Recruited

Recruitment effort

   

M

F

Total

#Contacted

Resp. rate

  

(n)

n (%)

n (%)

  

(%)

 

Kingston

36

10 (28.6)

25(71.4)

35

  
 

St. Andrew

432

124(28.4)

312(71.6)

436

  
 

St. Thomas

72

23(31.9)

49(68.1)

72

  
 

St. Catherine

396

128(33.2)

257(66.8)

385

  

SERHA

 

936

  

928

1147

80.9

 

Portland

108

44 (40.7)

64 (59.3)

108

  
 

St. Mary

72

32 (42.7)

43 (57.3)

75

  
 

St. Ann

144

54 (37.5)

90 (62.5)

144

  

NERHA

 

324

  

326

334

97.6

 

Trelawny

36

15 (40.5)

22 (59.5)

38

  
 

St. James

144

54 (37.5)

90 (62.5)

144

  
 

Hanover

108

26 (24.1)

82 (75.9)

108

  
 

Westmoreland

108

34 (31.5)

74 (68.5)

108

  

WRHA

 

396

  

398

413

96.4

 

St. Elizabeth

72

24 (33.3)

48 (66.7)

72

  
 

Manchester

108

38 (35.2)

70 (64.8)

108

  
 

Clarendon

180

74 (41.1)

106 (58.9)

180

  

SRHA

 

360

  

360

402

89.5

TOTAL

 

2016

680 (33.8)

1332(66.2)

2012

2296

87.6

  1. SERHA = South East Regional Health Authority;
  2. NERHA = North East Regional Health Authority
  3. WRHA = Western Regional Health Authority
  4. SRHA = Regional Health Authority
  5. Resp. Rate = Response Rate