Phoning logistics in a longitudinal follow-up of batterers and their partners.
More needs to be known about the phoning logistics of interviewing subjects for longitudinal follow-up studies in the domestic violence field. Using phoning logs from a 4-year follow-up of batterer intervention, the authors calculated the number, results, and costs of phone calls from a subsample of 100 men and 138 women. The number of calls is high (5.5 per man and 7.1 per woman), locators play a substantial role (for 25% of the men and women), and mailed questionnaires are a useful supplement (increasing response rate 5% for men and 11% for women). On average, about half of the subjects were interviewed at each interval. The main obstacle is not refusals but no response and not being able to locate a subject. Strategies to address "no response" are considered.
Gondolf
Edward W
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Mid-Atlantic Addiction Training Institute, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, USA.
Deemer
Crystal
C
D000328:Adult; D018585:Battered Women / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D012008:Recurrence; D012307:Risk Factors; D012650:Self Disclosure; D013179:Spouse Abuse / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D018454:Spouses / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013689:Telephone; D013781:Texas / Q000453:epidemiology; D013997:Time Factors