Table 5.

Analysis of costs of recruiting IDUs and sex workers from five surveys in Moscow, Volgograd and Barnaul, Russian Federation (2003–2004) by recruitment method and sample size

	Recruitment method
	Indigenous field workers			Respondent-driven sampling
Sample size	300	400	500	300	400	500
Outside costsa	−15.40	$20.30	11.40	−0.18	$19.62	0.18
Local costsb	−13.20	$7.93	10.40	−0.25	$5.50	0.25
Recruitment of respondentsc	−33.30	$7.00	20.00	−0.25	$9.95	0.25
Other	0.00	$1.40	0.00	−0.25	$5.25	0.25
Total	−17.20	$14,651.00	12.60	−0.21	$16,100	0.21
Cost per respondent	$42.00	$37.00	$34.00	$43.00	$41.00	$40.00

At the time of writing 28 rubles was equivalent to one US Dollar. The 2003 costs are adjusted for inflation that occurred between August 2003 and 2004 based on price indices taken from the Bank of Russia.

^aCosts are presented assuming that there are elements of fixed and variable costs in each sample size and that an extra 20 respondents will take one extra day necessitating employing the entire fieldwork team for that extra day.

^bIn order to protect the confidentiality of staff we report only the total amount of all salaries and fees paid to project staff.

^cThe costs for the RDS surveys are also based on providing a package of goods valued at 140 rubles for each survey participant and a secondary reward of 300 rubles for each participant recruited. Costs for the IFS surveys are based on providing a package of goods valued 140 rubles for each participant and no secondary reward.