Chunk #8 — Overview of the early growth and development study — Recruitment methods — Recruitment of birth mothers, adoptive families, and birth fathers
The EGDS recruitment staff had low decline rates once a potential participants were contacted (2% of the birth mothers, 17% of the adoptive families, and 8% of the birth fathers declined once contacted by the EGDS staff). However, some participants were not able to be located; most nonparticipation resulted from the inability of the agency or the study to locate and contact a potential participant (for detailed information about recruitment procedures and rates, see Leve et al. 2007).
