Table A5.
Actual and Observed Cross-tier Recruitment Patterns and Distribution of All-alters Known by Recruiters by Tier (Recruiters in parentheses). Liuzhou FSWs Recruited in RDS.
| Recruiter’s tier | Actual recruitment N (%) | Observed (invited) Recruitment N (%) | All network alters N (%) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High tier alters | Middle tier alters | Low tier alters | Non-venue based alters | High tier alters | Middle tier alters | Low tier alters | Non-venue based alters | High tier alters | Middle tier alters | Low tier alters | Not-venue based alters | |
| High (n=133) | 217 (86.4) | 31 (12.3) | 0 (0) | 3 (1.2) | 299 (88.5) | 36 (10.6) | 0 (0) | 3 (0.9) | 2231 (82.5) | 447 (16.5) | 7 (0.3) | 18 (0.7) |
| Middle (n=140) | 28 (10.5) | 228 (86.0) | 3 (1.2) | 6 (2.3) | 38 (10.6) | 306 (85.2) | 8 (2.3) | 7 (1.9) | 349 (19.8) | 1331 (75.7) | 24 (1.4) | 55 (3.1) |
| Low (n=12) | 0 (0) | 2 (10.0) | 18 (90.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0) | 2 (8.3) | 19 (79.2) | 3 (12.5) | 0 (0.0) | 11 (9.0) | 102 (83.6) | 9 (7.4) |
| Non-venue based (n=22) | 3 (8.6) | 10 (286) | 7 (20.0) | 15 (42.9) | 3 (7.7) | 7 (17.9) | 8 (20.5) | 21 (53.8) | 26 (10.7) | 75 (31.0) | 58 (24.0) | 83 (34.3) |
Note: Actual recruitments are recruiters’ alters who were invited and accepted the invitation by participating in the survey. These are recruiting participants’ effective recruitments. Observed recruitments are recruiters’ alters who were invited to participate regardless of whether they accepted or rejected the invitation. All network alters indicate all alters known by recruiters, including invited and uninvited alters.