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Table 1 Recruitment figures: CMHS Cohort, California.

From: California Men's Health Study (CMHS): a multiethnic cohort in a managed care setting

Mailing Wave

Total number Recruited

Number of responses

Response %

1 and 2 (paper with electronic option1)

   

   Short questionnaire

503 237

114 953

22.8

   Long questionnaire

114 953

67 413

58.6

3 (electronic with paper option2)

   

   Short questionnaire

345 262

19 107

5.4

   Long questionnaire

19 107

16 757

87.7

Total – 1, 2 and 3

   

   Short questionnaire

848 499

134 060

15.8

Paper

 

103 383

 

Electronic

 

30 677

 

   Long questionnaire

134 060

84 170

62.8

Paper

 

57 204

 

Electronic

 

26 966

 
  1. 1 Participants were mailed paper questionnaires but given the option to complete the questionnaires on a secure website
  2. 2 Participants were invited to complete the questionnaires on a secure website but offered the option to request a paper questionnaire