TABLE 1.
Reasons for Participation in a Respondent-Driven Sampling Study, Before and After a Substantial Increase in Monetary Incentives: Lebanon, 2007–2008
| MSM |
IDU |
FSW |
Total |
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| Reasons Given by Participants | Before, No. or No. (%) | After, No. or No. (%) | Before, No. or No. (%) | After, No. or No. (%) | Before, No. or No. (%) | After, No. or No. (%) | Before, No. or No. (%) | After, No. or No. (%) | Combined Before and After Responses, % or No. |
| Financial incentive | 3 (3.2) | 18 (22.5) | 10 (13.7) | 13 (26.5) | 10 (18.9) | 5 (3.3) | 23 (10.5) | 36 (12.8) | 11.8 |
| HIV test | 27 (29.0) | 23 (28.8) | 39 (53.4) | 21 (42.9) | 22 (41.5) | 56 (36.8) | 88 (40.1) | 100 (35.6) | 37.6 |
| Peer influence | 21 (22.6) | 23 (28.8) | 2 (2.8) | 4 (8.2) | 9 (17.0) | 84 (55.3) | 32 (14.5) | 111 (39.5) | 28.6 |
| Find study interesting/useful | 38 (40.9) | 14 (17.5) | 17 (23.3) | 7 (14.3) | 10 (18.9) | 6 (5.5) | 65 (29.5) | 27 (9.6) | 18.4 |
| To spend time | 1 (1.1) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (2.0) | 0 (0) | 1 (0.7) | 1 (0.5) | 2 (0.7) | 0.6 |
| Othera | 3 (3.2) | 2 (2.5) | 5 (6.8) | 3 (6.1) | 2 (3.8) | 0 (0) | 10 (4.5) | 5 (1.8) | 3.0 |
| Total responses | 93 | 80 | 73 | 49 | 53 | 152 | 219 | 281 | 500 |
| Total participants | 65 | 55 | 73 | 36 | 37 | 113 | 175 | 204 | 379 |
Note. MSM = men who have sex with men; IDU = injecting drug user; FSW = female sex workers. Percentages are rounded; a participant could cite more than one reason.
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Other reasons included to share experience, to help, to help in research; 53% of drug users cited seeking help/treatment as reason for participating in the study.