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Table 4 Paired comparison of RDS weights for three key study outcomes

From: Does size really matter? A sensitivity analysis of number of seeds in a respondent-driven sampling study of gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men in Vancouver, Canada

 

Crude

RDS-I

RDS-II

RDS-SS

RDS-II – RDS-I

RDS-SS – RDS-I

RDS-SS – RDS-II

 

HIV-positive serostatus

Mean % (95% CI)

27.0 (12.3–39.3)

22.2 (10.3–31.9)

25.7 (10.7–36.3)

25.7 (10.7–36.3)

3.4 (−0.9–7.5)

3.4 (−0.9–7.5)

0.0 (−)

p-value

    

0.11

0.11

0.22

 

Any high risk sex in past 6 months

Mean % (95% CI)

37.0 (32.2–41.9)

34.3 (26.7–41.4)

33.1 (25.3–39.4)

33.1 (25.3–39.4)

−1.2 (−2.9–0.3)

−1.2 (−2.9–0.3)

0.0 (0.0–0.1)

p-value

    

0.12

0.12

0.28

 

Injected any drugs in past 6 months

Mean % (95% CI)

6.6 (2.6–11.3)

9.0 (2.3–14.0)

6.7 (1.8–11.7)

6.7 (1.8–11.6)

−2.3 (−3.0–0.0)

−2.3 (−3.0–0.0)

0.0 (−)

p-value

    

0.06

0.06

0.18