Overcoming Recruitment Barriers in Urban Older Adults Residing in Congregate Living Facilities

Table 3

Stage 1 and Stage 2 building-specific response rates.

	High-rise number 1		High-rise number 2		High-rise number 3		High-rise number 4		Total
		%		%		%		%		%
Stage 1 survey response	47	64.4	68	68.0	182	60.9	61	75.3	358	64.7
Stage 2 interview response	30	60.0	46	61.3	65	57.0	39	73.6	180	61.6

Total eligible for Stage 2 includes public housing residents who were non-Hispanic, English-speaking, 60 years or older, and cognitively able to provide informed consent; we excluded Hispanic residents from Stage 2’s response rate denominator because an unknown majority of Hispanic residents were not fluent in English.