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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Sep 13.
Published in final edited form as: Ethn Dis. 2010 Autumn;20(4):437–443.

Table 4.

Recruitment response based on church size, pastor, and local recruiter participation

Church size # churches (%) % goal for sent Qs % goal for returned Qs Combined % for returned and sent Qs
Effect of church size
 Small: <100 535 (44.3%) 95.4 55.3 58.0
 Medium: 100–299 379 (31.4%) 89.3 49.2 55.0
 Large: ≥300 295 (24.4%) 85.1 41.8 49.1
 Total or average 1209 87.5 45.4 51.9
Effect of pastor participation
 Not participate (enrolled) 544 (53.4%) 85.6 44.9 52.4
 Q not returned 242 (23.7%) 80.5 38.7 48.1
 Q returned 233 (22.9%) 98.0 55.2 56.4
 Total or average 1019 87.4 45.9 52.5
Effect of local volunteer recruiter participation
 Not participate (enrolled) 595 (52.5%) 86.1 45.1 52.4
 Q not returned 140 (12.3%) 79.2 35.4 44.7
 Q returned 399 (35.2%) 107.9 59.2 54.8
 Total or average 1134 89.2 47.2 53.0
Effect of non-participation of pastor and local volunteer recruiter
 Neither pastor or church recruiter participated (enrolled) 193 73.2 35.8 48.9
 Both pastor and church recruiter enrolled and returned Q 120 114.9 67.3 58.6
 Total or average 313 89.7 48.3 53.8

Q=questionnaire