Who responds? An examination of response rates to a national postal survey of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults, 2018-2019

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dc.contributor.authorWright, Alyson
dc.contributor.authorThurber, Katherine
dc.contributor.authorYap, Mandy
dc.contributor.authorDu, Wei
dc.contributor.authorBanks, Emily
dc.contributor.authorWalker, Jennie
dc.contributor.authorIrwin, Faye
dc.contributor.authorSanders, William
dc.contributor.authorLovett, Raymond
dc.date.accessioned2021-03-18T00:51:54Z
dc.date.available2021-03-18T00:51:54Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.date.updated2020-11-22T07:18:52Z
dc.description.abstractBackground Evidence on the effectiveness of postal recruitment methods for Indigenous peoples is lacking. Mayi Kuwayu, the National Study of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Wellbeing, uses multi-staged sampling. We aimed to test postal surveys as a primary recruitment method, analysing preliminary response rate data to inform the Study’s ongoing sampling approach. Methods Twenty thousand adults aged ≥16 years were sampled from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people enrolled in the Medicare Australia Enrolment Database. We calculated response rates at 4 and 15 weeks, overall and by age group, gender, state/territory and remoteness. Results The overall response rate was 2.3% (n = 456/20000). Highest response rates were observed among males and females ≥50 years from major cities (6.0, 95%CI 4.4–7.9 and 5.5%, 4.1–7.2, respectively) and regional areas (6.0%, 4.6–7.6 and 6.2%, 4.9–7.7, respectively). Younger age groups and remote areas had lower response rates; all remote age groups < 50 years had a response rate ≤ 0.6%. While most participants responded on the paper surveys, online responses were more common among younger age groups and, respondents with higher education levels and whose first language was not English. Conclusion Using a postal survey, we observed response rates of ≥5.5% among older Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults in major cities and regional areas; response rates were lower in other groups. A two-stage postal distribution approach provided an opportunity to adapt sampling approaches to different demographic groups. Based on initial response rates, the sampling strategy was revised to send postal surveys to groups with higher response rates groups and focus field recruitment strategies on low response groups.on low response groups.en_AU
dc.description.sponsorshipThe Mayi Kuwayu Study development and preliminary postal distribution was supported by the Lowitja Institute (ref: 1344). AW is supported by an Australian Government Research Training Program Scholarship and an ANU Dean’s Award Scholarship. KT is supported by the Lowitja Institute (ref: 1344)en_AU
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dc.publisherBioMed Centralen_AU
dc.relationhttp://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1088366en_AU
dc.relationhttp://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1136128en_AU
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dc.rights© The Author(s). 2020en_AU
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dc.sourceBMC Medical Research Methodologyen_AU
dc.source.urihttps://bmcmedresmethodol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12874-020-00970-8en_AU
dc.subjectIndigenousen_AU
dc.subjectcohort,en_AU
dc.subjectrecruitmenten_AU
dc.subjectpostal surveysen_AU
dc.subjectresponse ratesen_AU
dc.subjectAboriginalen_AU
dc.subjectTorres Strait Islanderen_AU
dc.titleWho responds? An examination of response rates to a national postal survey of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults, 2018-2019en_AU
dc.typeJournal articleen_AU
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen_AU
local.bibliographicCitation.issue1en_AU
local.contributor.affiliationWright, Alyson, College of Asia and the Pacific, ANUen_AU
local.contributor.affiliationThurber, Katherine, College of Health and Medicine, ANUen_AU
local.contributor.affiliationYap, Li-Ming (Mandy), College of Arts and Social Sciences, ANUen_AU
local.contributor.affiliationDu, Wei, College of Health and Medicine, ANUen_AU
local.contributor.affiliationBanks, Emily, College of Health and Medicine, ANUen_AU
local.contributor.affiliationWalker, Jennie, College of Health and Medicine, ANUen_AU
local.contributor.affiliationIrwin, Faye, College of Health and Medicine, ANUen_AU
local.contributor.affiliationSanders, William, College of Arts and Social Sciences, ANUen_AU
local.contributor.affiliationLovett, Raymond, College of Health and Medicine, ANUen_AU
local.contributor.authoremailu4981256@anu.edu.auen_AU
local.contributor.authoruidWright, Alyson, u3228691en_AU
local.contributor.authoruidThurber, Katherine, u4981256en_AU
local.contributor.authoruidYap, Li-Ming (Mandy), u4199574en_AU
local.contributor.authoruidDu, Wei, u1000494en_AU
local.contributor.authoruidBanks, Emily, u4106314en_AU
local.contributor.authoruidWalker, Jennie, u4414823en_AU
local.contributor.authoruidIrwin, Faye, u1068396en_AU
local.contributor.authoruidSanders, William, u8203438en_AU
local.contributor.authoruidLovett, Raymond, u3047913en_AU
local.description.notesImported from ARIESen_AU
local.identifier.absfor111701 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Healthen_AU
local.identifier.absseo920204 - Evaluation of Health Outcomesen_AU
local.identifier.ariespublicationa383154xPUB13425en_AU
local.identifier.citationvolume20en_AU
local.identifier.doi10.1186/s12874-020-00970-8en_AU
local.identifier.uidSubmittedBya383154en_AU
local.publisher.urlhttps://bmcmedresmethodol.biomedcentral.comen_AU
local.type.statusPublished Versionen_AU

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