From: Identifying obstacles to participation in a questionnaire survey on widowers' grief
Age group of participants (widowers) | Years of grief following loss of spouse | |||||||
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All | 30-49 | 50-59 | 60-69 | 70-75 | 2nd year | 3rd year | 4th year | |
Number of widowers in the original study base | n = 346 | n = 31 | n = 76 | n = 119 | n = 120 | n = 113 | n = 117 | n = 116 |
Unreachable by phone/could not be located - % (n/N) | 14% (50/346) | 23% (7/31) | 21% (17/76) | 18% (21/119) | 5% (6/120) | 19% (22/113) | 10% (12/117) | 14% (16/116) |
Total number who could be reached- % (n) | n = 296 86% | n = 24 77% | n = 60 79% | n = 98 82% | n = 114 95% | n = 91 81% | n = 105 90% | n = 100 86% |
Proportion of widowers identifying obstacles to participation - % (n/N) | 55% (163/296) | 33% (8/24) | 48% (29/60) | 57% (56/98) | 61% (70/114) | 55% (50/91) | 53% (56/105) | 57% (57/100) |