The feasibility of a street-intercept survey method in an African-American community.
OBJECTIVE
This study evaluates the feasibility of a nonquota, street-intercept survey method that utilized random selection of interview sites.


METHODS
The street-intercept survey was compared with a random digit-dial telephone survey conducted in the same catchment area among African-American adults aged 18 or older.


RESULTS
The street-intercept survey's response rate was 80.2%; residence rate, 85.3%; interview completion rate, 97.9%; interference rate, 4.0%; and yield rate, 2.5 interviews per interviewer per hour. The street-intercept method produced more representative distributions of age and sex than the random-digit-dial survey.


CONCLUSIONS
The street-intercept method is a feasible alternative to traditional population survey methods and may provide better access to harder-to-reach segments of the urban population in a safe manner.
Miller
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Center for Health Promotion, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Md, USA.
Wilder
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LB
Stillman
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Becker
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American; D000368:Aged; D003625:Data Collection; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013689:Telephone; D014505:Urban Population