Table 1 Recruitment rate at successive telephone calls
From: Strategies for achieving a high response rate in a home interview survey
Phone call* | Number telephoned | Number of calls yielding interviews | Refused |
|---|---|---|---|
1 | 359 | 60 (16.7%) | 2 (0.6%) |
2 | 297 | 46 (15.5%) | 4 (1.3%) |
3 | 247 | 81 (32.8%) | 4 (1.6%) |
4 | 162 | 93 (57.4%) | 6 (3.7%) |
5 | 63 | 5 (7.9%) | 5 (7.9%) |
6 | 53 | 2 (3.8%) | 4 (7.5%) |