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Table 2 Survey response (n) and response rate (%) by gender and study-arm manipulation

From: Impact of different cover letter content and incentives on non-response bias in a sample of Veterans applying for Department of Veterans Affairs disability benefits: a randomized, 3X2X2 factorial trial

Gender

Overall

What Veterans were told about content

How name was obtained

Honoraria

Combat

Unwanted Sexual Attention

Lifetime/Military Experiences

List of OEF/OIF/OND Veterans

List of Veterans Applying for Disability Benefits

$20

$40

Men

199 (41.5%)

70 (43.8%)

69 (43.1%)

60 (37.5%)

88 (36.7%)

111 (46.3%)*

86 (35.8%)

113 (47.1%)*

Women

211 (44.0%)

64 (40.0%)

75 (46.9%)

72 (45.0%)

102 (42.5%)

109 (45.4%)

94 (39.2%)

117 (48.8%)*

  1. OEF/OIF/OND Operation Enduring Freedom, Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation New Dawn
  2. Bold face font signifies a statistically significant different response rate within study-arm manipulation within gender
  3. *p < 0.05