After several reminders by phone and letters, it was completed for 87.7% of participants.
If they replied (email/ phone) willing to participate, a screening questionnaire was completed over the phone.
On July 30, the partnership said lenders could choose to receive 50 cents on the dollar for the loans or 45 cents plus other rights if a reorganization plan by the buyout company Forstmann Little and the Mexican phone company Teléfonos de Mexico was completed.
This disparity is due to the way the survey was completed (random phone interviews) and reflects the increased probability of finding a female person at home during the day.
Reminders were sent to non-responders twice and missing data was completed by phone or mail.
If no report was completed the phone emitted one reminder signal after 5 minutes.
Response was after a reminder for 359 families, and the questionnaire was completed by phone for an additional 47 families.
In accordance with the study protocol, which was approved by the human subjects review boards at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, the Delaware Department of Health and Social Services, and the University of Delaware, informed consent was completed by phone.
This questionnaire was completed over the phone by a trained research assistant two weeks after the initial consultation.
Twenty-four (6%) of the 387 follow-up surveys were completed in a different format than the original survey (23 of 24 were completed by phone in the follow-up and on paper in the original survey; 1 survey was completed on paper in the follow-up and by phone in the original).
