Table 3.

Recruitment costs by county, by active versus passive methods, and totals

	Lee	Giles	Pulaski	Washington	Grayson	Wise	Wythe	Montgomery	Total
Cost- Active strategies ($)
community research assistant	1,762	0	1,800	379	1,442	272	1,165	303	7,123
university-affiliated research assistant	29	5,399	3,360	3,704	2,736	5,752	3,717	3,886	28,485
travel time	0	970	815	2,145	1,860	3,180	1,793	0	10,763
transportation	0	162	368	1,349	754	2,805	923	0	6,362
other (festival fees, prizes)	0	10.00	70	0	0	75	0	25	180
Sub-total cost- Active strategies	1,791	6,541	6,312	7,578	6,792	12,214	7,599	4,222	52,912
Cost- Passive strategies ($)
community research assistant	75	0	37	8	58	0	31	8	217
university-affiliated research assistant	0	-a	68	72	107	130	90	0	467
Newspaper ads	389	597	320	0	525	924	977	0	3,732
Mailed postcards (to target pop)	0	0	128	2,613	235	131	131	0	3,238
Sub-total cost- Passive strategies	764	597	553	2,693	952	1,185	1,229	0	7654
Total cost- All strategies ($)	2,254	7,138	6,866	10,271	7,718	13,269	8,828	4,222	60,567
Cost per participant ($)
Cost per screened participant	35	74	39	88	67	84	46	31	58
Cost per enrolled participant	55	230	130	321	221	415	221	114	213
Cost per participant  screened via active  strategies and enrolled	90	311	186	281	400	549	253	151	278
Cost per participant  screened via passive  strategies and enrolled	22	60	29	539	51	119	122	1	118

^amissing recruitment method