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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2011 Aug 20;37(4):499–508. doi: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2011.07.019

Table 2.

Percentages of sociodemographic groups with varying levels of saliva collection protocol adherence (of 136 respondents who returned samples and for whom timeliness was calculable)

Respondent Characteristics Any protocol adherence Time 1 (Wake) verified correct Time 2 (+30") verified correct Time 3 (Bedtime) verified correct Complete protocol adherence

% (n) % (n) % (n) % (n) % (n)
Characteristic (number available samples)
78.7% (107) 69.1% (94) 63.2% (86) 59.6% (81) 45.6% (62)
Age (years)
 Mean (SE) 27.7 (0.20) 27.7 (0.22) 27.5 (0.24) 27.8 (0.24) 27.6 (0.28)
Biological Sex
 Male (60) 75.0 (45) 63.3 (38) 61.7 (37) 53.3 (32) 40.0 (24)
 Female (76) 81.6 (62) 73.7 (56) 64.5 (49) 64.5 (49) 50.0 (38)
Race/Ethnicity
 White (97) 78.4 (76) 69.1 (67) 65.0 (63) 57.7 (56) 47.4 (46)
 Black (24) 75.0 (18) 66.7 (16) 62.5 (15) 54.2 (13) 41.7 (10)
 Hispanic (13) 84.6 (11) 69.2 (9) 53.9 (7) 76.9 (10) 38.5 (5)
 Othera --- --- --- --- ---
Completed Education
 Less Than High School (8) 87.5 (7) 75.0 (6) 75.0 (6) 75.0 (6) 62.5 (5)
 High School Graduate or GED (28) 82.1 (23) 67.9 (19) 75.0 (21) 67.9 (19) 53.6 (15)
 Some CollegeVocational Training (48) 77.1 (37) 72.9 (35) 58.3 (28) 64.6 (31) 50.0 (24)
 College Graduate (41) 78.1 (32) 63.4 (26) 58.5 (24) 48.8 (20) 34.2 (14)
 Education beyond College (11) 72.7 (8) 72.7 (8) 63.6 (7) 45.5 (5) 36.4 (4)
Employed 10 or More Hours/Week
 No (55) 70.9 (39) 61.8 (34) 56.4 (31) 56.4 (31) 41.8 (23)
 Yes (81) 84.0 (68) 74.1 (60) 67.9 (55) 61.7 (50) 48.2 (39)
Children Under Age 12 in Household
 No (76) 76.3 (58) 67.1 (51) 65.8 (50) 55.3 (42) 44.7 (34)
 Yes (60) 81.7 (49) 71.7 (43) 76.7 (46) 65.0 (39) 46.7 (28)
Incentive amount
 $40.00 (78) 79.5 (62) 68.0 (53) 64.1 (50) 62.8 (49) 46.2 (36)
 $20.00 (58) 77.6 (45) 70.7 (41) 62.1 (36) 55.2 (32) 44.8 (26)

Denominator for all groups is their total number in the sample.

Number of samples for which timeliness is calculable (denominator) varies by row.

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Cell sizes too small to report