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Table 1 Sample characteristics by incentive group

From: The effectiveness of a monetary incentive offer on survey response rates and response completeness in a longitudinal study

 

Total

Incentive group

N = 35,421

%

Yes (N = 33,247) %

No (N = 2174) %

Sex

 Female

13,752

38.8

38.8

39.5

 Male

21,669

61.2

61.2

60.5

Age at 9/11

  < 18

692

2.0

2.0

2.1

 18–24

2921

8.3

8.3

8.3

 25–44

21,364

60.5

60.4

61.8

 45–64

9730

27.5

27.6

26.2

 65+

625

1.8

1.8

1.6

Race

 Non-Hispanic white

21,416

60.5

60.5

59.7

 Non-Hispanic black

5487

15.5

15.5

15.3

 Hispanic

4805

13.6

13.5

14.2

 Asian

2044

5.8

5.8

5.8

 Multi-racial

696

2.0

1.9

2.4

 Other

973

2.8

2.8

2.6

Total household Income in 2002, $

  < 25,000

3077

9.9

9.8

10.4

 25,000– < 50,000

7405

23.8

23.8

23.7

 50,000– < 75,000

6919

22.2

22.2

22.5

 75,000– < 150,000

10,397

33.4

33.4

33.0

  > =150,000

3359

10.8

10.8

10.5

Education

 High school and below

8537

24.6

24.5

24.9

 College

9030

26.0

26.0

25.2

 Post-graduate

17,205

49.5

49.5

50.0

Reminder call

 Yes

8775

24.8

24.7

25.4

 No

26,646

75.2

75.3

74.6

Door to door outreach

 Yes

2166

6.1

6.1

6.4

 No

33,255

93.9

93.9

93.6

Number of previous surveys completed

 Three

13,435

37.9

37.9

38.0

 Two

10,666

30.1

30.1

29.7

 One

11,320

32.0

31.9

32.3