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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Mar 29.
Published in final edited form as: Proc Am Stat Assoc. 2012;2012:4648–4660.

Table 2.

Percentage of All First Dials Resulting in Various Types of Human Contact

Contact Type Landline Cell
Cooperative Completed Interview 1.9% 0.7%
Callback or appointment 5.8% 7.1%
Cell-specific screen out n/a 1.9%
Other contact 0.4% 0.5%
Non-cooperative Refusal 4.0% 4.6%
Hang-up 4.5% 7.9%
Business Business 1.8% 0.5%
Cooperative No contact on first dial, but called our 1–800 line afterwards 0.1% 0.6%