Overall status report. Created 2013-01-25; last modified Wed Feb 27 07:42:30 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.

Overall participant status

	status	nOverall	perCent
1	Active	3194	86
2	Dead	177	4.8
3	Excluded	85	2.3
4	Withdrawn	48	1.3
5	Unavailable	5	0.13
6	Lost	211	5.7

Wave 3 examination status

	n	Explain	perEligible	perTotalSam
Complete	2044	Completed wave	60	55
Appointed	89	Appointment pending	2.6	2.4
initCont	73	Initial contact made	2.1	2
Tracking	595	Attempting to locate	17	16
homeVis	29	Home visit required	0.85	0.78
outState	78	Out of state	2.3	2.1
Postpone	42	Postponed	1.2	1.1
Refused	81	Refused participation	2.4	2.2
noShow	124	Absentee	3.6	3.3
toDo	565	Awaiting contact	17	15

3410 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 to timing differences in when they are updated.