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Each effort had two recruiters from RTI International, and two recruiters worked on both efforts |
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All recruiters were experienced, fully bilingual, and bicultural |
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The 2008 recruitment lasted from June to October and selected 48 participants vs. the more recent recruitment that took place from November 2014 to February 2015 and selected 48 participants |
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Trainings minimized recruiter inconsistencies, and they also conducted interviews. |
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The 2008 effort focused on recruiting participants in various housing structures and ownership types. The 2014–2015 effort’s recruited complex household compositions (e.g., non-nuclear families, same-sex partner, etc.) and Hispanic/Latino origins (indigenous, afroamericanos), and over half of the recruits were required to be proficient mobile device users |
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Used nonscripted recruitment introduction by consulting talking points or sample script |
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Recruitment methods: word of mouth, newspaper and online ads, and flyers at locations frequented by potential recruits |
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Government sponsor: U.S. Census Bureau |
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Objectives were to pretest Spanish survey questions primarily about housing and demographicsa
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Length of interview: on average 60 minutes |
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Incentive payment: $40 |
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Locations: North Carolina and Texas, except Floridab
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