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Table 3 Participation of parents invited to participate in the HOEPS pilot, by survey instrument and case or control status

From: Effect of survey instrument on participation in a follow-up study: a randomization study of a mailed questionnaire versus a computer-assisted telephone interview

 

Distribution of demographic characteristics

Participation rate

Eligible

Participated

 

MQ

CATI

MQ

CATI

MQ

CATI

 

(n = 195)

(n = 197)

(n = 148)

(n = 120)

(n = 148)

(n = 120)

 

 N (%) 

 N (%) 

 N (%) 

 N (%) 

 % 

 % 

Case status

      

 Cases

94 (48.2)

95 (48.2)

73 (49.3)

65 (54.2)

77.7

68.4

 Controls

101 (51.8)

102 (51.8)

75 (50.7)

55 (45.8)

74.3

53.9

Center

      

 Iowa

123 (63.1)

123 (62.4)

92 (62.2)

78 (65.0)

74.8

63.4

 New York

72 (36.9)

74 (37.6)

56 (37.8)

42 (35.0)

77.8

56.8

Mother’s age at conception

      

 <20 years

17 (8.7)

15 (7.6)

10 (6.8)

7 (5.8)

58.8

46.7

 20-24 years

49 (25.1)

45 (22.8)

36 (24.3)

24 (20.0)

73.5

53.3

 25-29 years

56 (28.7)

60 (30.5)

42 (28.4)

40 (33.3)

75.0

66.7

 30-34 years

49 (25.1)

57 (28.9)

39 (26.4)

34 (28.3)

79.6

59.6

 ≥35 years

24 (12.3)

20 (10.2)

21 (14.2)

15 (12.5)

87.5

75.0

Mother’s race/ethnicity

      

 White, non-Hispanic

171 (87.7)

176 (89.3)

134 (90.5)

108 (90.0)

78.4

61.4

 Other race

21 (10.8)

21 (10.7)

13 (8.8)

12 (10.0)

61.9

57.1

 Missing/Unknown

3 (1.5)

0 (0.0)

1 (0.7)

0 (0.0)

NC

NC

Mother’s education

      

 <12 years, or did not complete high school (HS)

12 (6.2)

11 (5.6)

6 (4.1)

5 (4.2)

50.0

45.5

 12 years, completed HS, or equivalent

38 (19.5)

43 (21.8)

27 (18.2)

25 (20.8)

71.1

58.1

 1-3 years college, or completed technical college

70 (35.9)

68 (34.5)

53 (35.8)

37 (30.8)

75.7

54.4

 ≥4 years of college; bachelor's degree or higher

75 (38.5)

75 (38.1)

62 (41.9)

53 (44.2)

82.7

70.7

Family’s annual income

      

 <$20,000

36 (18.5)

42 (21.3)

24 (16.2)

22 (18.3)

66.7

52.4

 $20,000 - $39,999

53 (27.2)

52 (26.4)

39 (26.4)

32 (26.7)

73.6

61.5

 ≥$40,000

100 (51.3)

98 (49.7)

80 (54.1)

63 (52.5)

80.0

64.3

 Missing

6 (3.1)

5 (2.5)

5 (3.4)

3 (2.5)

83.3

60.0

Mother smoked

      

 Yes

56 (28.7)

49 (24.9)

37 (25.0)

21 (17.5)

66.1

42.9

 No

139 (71.3)

147 (74.6)

111 (75.0)

98 (81.7)

79.9

66.7

 Missing

0 (0.0)

1 (0.5)

0 (0.0)

1 (0.8)

NC

NC

Parity

      

 Primiparous

87 (44.6)

69 (35.0)

67 (45.3)

41 (34.2)

77.0

59.4

 Multiparous

108 (55.4)

127 (64.5)

81 (54.7)

78 (65.0)

75.0

61.4

 Missing

0 (0.0)

1 (0.5)

0 (0.0)

1 (0.8)

NC

NC

Infant birthweight

      

 <2500 g

21 (10.8)

24 (12.2)

15 (10.1)

9 (7.5)

71.4

37.5

 ≥2500 g

172 (88.2)

170 (86.3)

132 (89.2)

109 (90.8)

76.7

64.1

 Missing

2 (1.0)

3 (1.5)

1 (0.7)

2 (1.7)

NC

NC

  1. NC not calculated.