Table 2.
Characteristics of STARS user registry survey participants
| Baseline | Follow-up | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Participant characteristics | Respondents (n=105) | Non-respondents (n=60) | Respondents (n=65) | Lost to follow-up (n=37) |
| Gender | ||||
| Male | 22 (21.2%) | 14 (23.3%) | 17 (26.2%) | 6 (16.2%) |
| Female | 83 (79.8%) | 39 (65.0%) | 48 (73.8%) | 31 (83.8%) |
| Not reported | 0 (0.00%) | 7 (11.7%) | 0 (0.00%) | 0 (0.00%) |
| Race/ethnicity | ||||
| Hispanic or Latino | 3 (4.6%) | 2 (5.4%) | ||
| White | 52 (80.0%) | 26 (70.3%) | ||
| Black or African-American | 4 (6.2%) | 7 (18.9%) | ||
| Asian | 6 (9.2%) | 2 (5.4%) | ||
| Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander | 1 (1.5%) | 1 (2.7%) | ||
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 (1.5%) | 0 (0.00%) | ||
| Not reported | 1 (1.5%) | 1 (2.7%) | ||
| Organisation type | ||||
| Local or state health departments | 58 (55.2%) | 26 (43.3%) | 29 (44.6%) | 18 (48.6%) |
| Other companies or organisations | 24 (22.9%) | 18 (30.0%) | 18 (27.7%) | 11 (29.7%) |
| Research institutions | 23 (21.9%) | 15 (25.0%) | 18 (27.7%) | 8 (21.6%) |
| Planned use (multiple responses) | ||||
| Policy advocacy/development | 50 (47.6%) | 30 (50.0%) | 35 (53.8%) | 15 (40.5%) |
| Evaluation/research/needs assessment | 61 (58.1%) | 42 (70.0%) | 41 (63.1%) | 20 (54.1%) |
| Community education/engagement | 49 (46.7%) | 32 (53.3%) | 30 (46.2%) | 16 (43.2%) |
| Other | 19 (18.1%) | 6 (10.0%) | 7 (10.8%) | 8 (21.6%) |
Data from follow-up interviews with three respondents were lost and could not be reported in this table.
STARS, Standardized Tobacco Assessment for Retail Settings.