ArticlePloS one2017
Social venue range and referral chain impact: Implications for the sampling of hidden communities.
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- Delivery of WeChat-Based HIV Result e-Reports in Social Networks for Recruitment of High-Risk Population: Baseline Data From a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2023Trial
- Recruiting Black and Latina/Hispanic Transgender Women for HIV Research: Implementation of Respondent-Driven Sampling and Factors Associated with Peer Recruitment.Transgender health · 2024Article
- "The problem is that our culture is just so messed up about aging." Recruiting older men who have sex with men (MSM) into research studies: an example from a study of aging, HIV, and anal HPV.BMC medical research methodology · 2022Article
- The social and sexual lives of Black sexual minority men 30 years of age and older in South Africa.BMC public health · 2022Article
- Implementing Respondent-Driven Sampling to Recruit Women Who Exchange Sex in New York City: Factors Associated with Recruitment and Lessons Learned.AIDS and behavior · 2020Article
- Maximizing respondent-driven sampling field procedures in the recruitment of sexual minorities for health research.SAGE open medicine · 2019Article
- Engaging Latina breast cancer survivors in research: building a social network research registry.Translational behavioral medicine · 2018Article
- Statistical adjustment of network degree in respondent-driven sampling estimators: venue attendance as a proxy for network size among young MSM.Social networks · 2018Article
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Abstract
backgroundIt has been argued that the success of respondent-driven sampling (RDS) in generating unbiased estimates for epidemiologic outcomes depends on participants' abilities to generate long referral chains. While this is thought to depend on the number of people participants know in the target population, this idea is rarely tested. Furthermore, little attention has been paid to the role of other aspects of social connectedness in recruitment, such as participants' involvement in local clubs and venues.
methodsWe examine whether the recruitment potential of young Black men who have sex with men (YBMSM) depends on (1) their social network size and (2) their affiliations with a variety of sex venues across geographic areas. We analyze data from a 2014 RDS study of 598 YBMSM on the south side of Chicago.
resultsBoth a participant's personal network size and the number of different types of sex venues with which he was affiliated were significantly positively associated with (1) the total number of recruits in the participant's prospective referral chains and (2) the lengths of those chains. However, only venue affiliation remain significantly associated with recruitment potential in the multivariate model.
conclusionsThe success of RDS in generating valid samples may depend more on recruiting participants who are involved in multiple venues within the community (i.e., their affiliation networks) than on recruiting those who have large personal social networks.
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