TABLE 3.

Sample size and completed interviews for the recruitment and 24-h recall by frame and contact mode¹

			Recruitment interview		First 24-h recall		Second 24-h recall (25% sample)
Frame	Contact mode	Sample size attempted,2n	Completed,3n	% of sample4	Completed,3n	% of recruited4	Completed,3n	% of first recall4
Newborn Network	Mail	69,973	698	1.0	608	87.1	180	29.4
	Telephone	90,454	742	0.8	614	82.7	164	26.6
	Telephone and mail	4533	32	0.7	29	90.6	8	27.6
ABS	Mail	13,000	202	1.6	183	90.6	50	27.3
Cellphone	Telephone	30,000	205	0.7	165	80.5	52	31.3
Web	Online	11,757	2951	25.1	1636	55.4	345	21.0
FITS 2016 total		219,717	4830	2.2%	3235	67.0	799	24.6
FITS 2008 total		46,558	4279	9.2%	3378	79.0	964	28.5

¹ABS, address based sampling; FITS, Feeding Infants and Toddlers Study.

²Data are number of potential respondents attempted. Note that not all were eligible. The difference between number contacted and number completed includes those who did not respond to contact attempts, those who were reached but ineligible, and those who were reached and eligible but refused.

³Data are number of people who completed the interview.

⁴Data are percentage of those from previous stage that completed the interview.