Overall status report. Created 2013-01-25; last modified Sun Jan 27 17:44:19 2013.

Initial area probabiity sample

3720 participants were recruited in the fixed cohort for HANDLS.

The overall design is a factorial cross of race (African Americans and whites), poverty status (above and below 125% of the poverty level), age (7 5-year groups aged initially 30-64), and sex.

Figure 1. Initial distribution of women and men by 5-year age groups, race, and poverty status

Table 1.1 Initial distribution by sex (% total)


Women	55
Men	45

Table 1.2 Initial distribution by 5-year age groups (% total)


30-34	11
35-39	12
40-44	14
45-39	19
50-54	17
55-59	16
60-64	12

Table 1.3 Initial distribution by race (% total)


White	41
AfrAm	59

Table 1.4 Initial distribution by poverty status (% total)


Above	59
Below	41

Timeline for follow-up assessments (waves)

Waves 1 and 2 are complete. Wave 3 is presently underway. Waves 4 and 5 are planned.

Figure 2. Study waves performed and planned

Wave 3 status

If all goes according to plan, we expect to finish wave 3 around June 2013.

Wave 3 Overall participant status

	status	nOverall	perCent
1	Active	3193	86
2	Dead	173	4.7
3	Excluded	84	2.3
4	Withdrawn	48	1.3
5	Unavailable	5	0.13
6	Lost	217	5.8

Wave 3 examination status

	n	Explain	perEligible	perTotalSam
Complete	1964	Completed wave	65	53
Appointed	55	Appointment pending	1.8	1.5
initCont	35	Initial contact made	1.2	0.94
Tracking	576	Attempting to locate	19	15
homeVis	27	Home visit required	0.9	0.73
outState	73	Out of state	2.4	2
Postpone	41	Postponed	1.4	1.1
Refused	77	Refused participation	2.6	2.1
noShow	118	Absentee	3.9	3.2
Deceased	169	Deceased	5.6	4.5
toDo	585	Awaiting contact	19	16

3001 participants are eligible for Wave 3.

perEligible is the percent participants based on eligibility for Wave 3. perTotalSam is the percent participants based on the initial sample of 3720.

Discrepancies between overall participant status and examination status are due timing differences in when they are updated.