Table 4 Characteristics of stakeholders within each sampling method group attending first orientation session and three sessions
From: Comparing two sampling methods to engage hard-to-reach communities in research priority setting
| Â | Attending first orientation session | Attending all three sessions | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Characteristic | Snowball sampling stakeholders | Purposive plus convenience sampling stakeholders | P Valuea | Snowball sampling stakeholders | Purposive plus convenience sampling stakeholders | P Valuea |
N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | |||
Stakeholders | 52 (100 %) | 36 (100 %) | - | 36 (100 %) | 28 (100 %) | - |
Age, mean ± SD (years) | 58 ± 11.62 | 59 ± 8.73 | 0.646c | 59 ± 10.27 | 59 ± 8.73 | >0.999c |
Gender | ||||||
 Female | 37 (71) | 26 (72) | 0.913 | 27 (75) | 22 (79) | 0.74 |
 Male | 15 (29) | 10 (28) |  | 9 (25) | 6 (21) |  |
Race/Ethnicity | ||||||
 Hispanic | 47 (90) | 27 (75) | 0.052 | 32 (89) | 21 (75) | 0.144 |
 Non-Hispanic White | 5 (10) | 9 (25) |  | 4 (11) | 7 (25) |  |
Education | ||||||
 Less than high school | 16 (31) | 5 (13) | 0.131 | 12 (33) | 5 (18) | 0.199 |
 High School or GED | 25 (48) | 16 (44) |  | 18 (50) | 12 (43) |  |
 Post High School | 6 (12) | 8 (22) |  | 3 (8) | 6 (21) |  |
 College Graduate | 5 (10) | 7 (19) |  | 3 (8) | 5 (18) |  |
Employment Status | ||||||
 Employed | 16 (31) | 21 (58) | 0.0002 | 10 (28) | 16 (57) | 0.006 |
 Disability | 25 (48) | 2 (6) |  | 16 (44) | 2 (7) |  |
 Retired | 7 (13) | 11 (30) |  | 6 (17) | 8 (29) |  |
 Unemployed | 4 (8) | 2 (6) |  | 4 (11) | 2 (7) |  |
Occupation | 16 (100 %) | 21 (100 %) | Â | 10 (100 %) | 16 (100 %) | Â |
 Administrative | 1 (6.25) | 1 (5) | 0.706b | 0 (0) | 1 (6) | 0.45b |
 Agriculture | 1 (6.25) | 2 (10) |  | 1 (10) | 1 (6) |  |
 Business | 2 (12.5) | 7 (33) |  | 1 (10) | 6 (38) |  |
 Domestic Labor | 3 (18.75) | 3 (14) |  | 0 (0) | 2 (13) |  |
 Education | 2 (12.5) | 2 (10) |  | 2 (20) | 2 (13) |  |
 Government | 3 (18.75) | 1 (5) |  | 3 (30) | 1 (6) |  |
 Healthcare | 2 (12.5) | 1 (5) |  | 2 (20) | 1 (6) |  |
 Manual Labor | 2 (12.5) | 2 (10) |  | 1 (10) | 2 (13) |  |
 Self-employed | 0 (0) | 2 (10) |  | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |  |
Primary Language | ||||||
 English | 43 (83) | 32 (89) | 0.421 | 34 (94) | 27 (96) | 0.71 |
 Spanish | 9 (17) | 4 (11) |  | 2 (6) | 1 (4) |  |