title: Reaching Asian Americans: sampling strategies and incentives.
abstract: Reaching and recruiting representative samples of minority populations is often challenging. This study examined in Chinese and Korean Americans: 1) whether using two different sampling strategies (random sampling vs. convenience sampling) significantly affected characteristics of recruited participants and 2) whether providing different incentives in the mail survey produced different response rates. We found statistically significant, however mostly not remarkable, differences between random and convenience samples. Offering monetary incentives in the mail survey improved response rates among Chinese Americans, while offering a small gift did not improve response rates among either Chinese or Korean Americans. This information will be useful for researchers and practitioners working with Asian Americans.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nutritional Sciences, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901, USA. SKLee@aesop.rutgers.edu
authors.forename: Soo-Kyung
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Yu-Yao
authors.initials: YY
authors.lastname: Cheng
mesh_terms: D001213:Asian / Q000523:psychology*; D002681:China / Q000208:ethnology; D005260:Female; D019538:Health Care Surveys / Q000379:methods*; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006801:Humans; D007723:Korea / Q000208:ethnology; D008297:Male; D009042:Motivation; D009515:New Jersey; D009519:New York City; D018579:Patient Selection; D012106:Research; D012494:Sampling Studies; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires