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. 2011 May 26;11:81. doi: 10.1186/1471-2288-11-81

Table 4.

Representativeness of Responders on Demographic Characteristics

$2 incentive $5 Incentive
Characteristics Ancillary study population $2 incentive population 1st Mailing 2nd Mailing $5
incentive population
1st Mailing 2nd Mailing
(N = 1328) (N = 665) (N = 317) (N = 435) (N = 663) (N = 383) (N = 446)
Age xx xx xx xx
< 50 32.30 (429) 34.29 (228) 23.03 (73) 25.98 (113) 30.32 (201) 21.67 (83) 22.65 (101)
50-75 33.36 (443) 33.53 (223) 38.49 (122) 36.55 (159) 33.18 (220) 36.03 (138) 35.87 (160)
> 75 34.34 (456) 32.18 (214) 38.49 (122) 37.47 (163) 36.50 (242) 42.30 (162) 41.48 (185)
Race xx xx xx xx
Caucasian 68.67 (912) 68.57 (456) 83.91 (266) 81.84 (356) 68.78 (456) 81.46 (312) 79.82 (356)
African American 16.72 (222) 15.79 (105) 10.09 (32) 12.64 (55) 17.65 (117) 13.58 (52) 14.80 (66)
Other 14.61 (194) 15.64 (104) 5.99 (19) 5.52 (24) 13.57 (90) 4.96 (19) 5.38 (24)
Sex x xx xx
Female 16.42 (218) 18.95 (126) 12.62 (40) 16.32 (71) 13.88 (92) 9.92 (38) 10.54 (47)
Male 83.58 (1110) 81.05 (539) 87.38 (277) 83.68 (364) 86.12 (571) 90.08 (345) 89.46 (399)
Marital Status x xx xx xx
Married/Living with Someone 54.59 (725) 54.44 (362) 60.57 (192) 60.23 (262) 54.75 (363) 66.06 (253) 62.33 (278)
Not Married 45.41 (603) 45.56 (303) 39.43 (125) 39.77 (173) 45.25 (300) 33.94 (130) 37.67 (168)
Charlson comorbidity score
0 44.20 (587) 46.17 (307) 42.59 (135) 42.53 (185) 42.23 (280) 38.64 (148) 39.69 (177)
1 21.39 (284) 20.30 (135) 18.93 (60) 20.00 (87) 22.47 (284) 21.67 (83) 22.20 (99)
2+ 34.41 (457) 33.53 (223) 38.49 (122) 37.47 (163) 35.29 (234) 39.69 (152) 38.12 (170)
Mental health diagnoses
No mental health diagnosis 46.99 (624) 46.32 (308) 53.00 (168) 50.11 (218) 47.66 (316) 51.70 (198) 51.35 (229)
Substance abuse only 8.73 (116) 8.72 (58) 7.57 (24) 8.05 (35) 8.75 (58) 8.88 (34) 8.97 (40)
Psychiatric only 27.56 (366) 28.27 (188) 25.55 (81) 28.05 (122) 26.85 (178) 25.85 (99) 25.56 (114)
Dual diagnosis 16.72 (222) 16.69 (111) 13.88 (44) 13.79 (60) 16.74 (111) 13.58 (52) 14.13 (63)
Rural/Urban Status xx xx
Urban 92.85 (1233) 94.89 (631) 92.43 (293) 94.02 (409) 90.80 (602) 87.99 (337) 88.34 (394)
Rural 7.15 (95) 5.11 (34) 7.57 (24) 5.98 (26) 9.20 (61) 12.01 (46) 11.66 (52)

x p < 0.10 from overall non-responder population

xx p < 0.05 from overall non-responder population