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Table 2 Preferences and response rates for women offered a choice of questionnaire completion method.

From: Towards socially inclusive research: An evaluation of telephone questionnaire administration in a multilingual population

All women offered a choice of completion method (n = 714)

Women choosing postal response

Women choosing telephone response

Women who do and do not speak English

  

   Questionnaires Administered

298

416

   Questionnaires Received

68

408

   Response rate, (%, 95% CI)

23% (18 to 27)

98% (96 to 99)

Women who speak English (n = 516)

  

   Questionnaires Administered

193

323

   Questionnaires Received

44

321

   Response rate, (%, 95% CI)

23% (17 to 29)

99% (98 to 100)

Women who do not speak English (n= 198)

Women who do not speak English

Women who do not speak English

   Questionnaires Administered

105

93

   Questionnaires Received

24

87

   Response rate, (%, 95% CI)

23% (15 to 32)

94% (87 to 98)