@article{ref1,
title="Phoning logistics in a longitudinal follow-up of batterers and their partners",
journal="Journal of interpersonal violence",
year="2004",
author="Gondolf, Edward W. and Deemer, Crystal",
volume="19",
number="7",
pages="747-765",
abstract="More needs to be known about the phoning logistics of interviewing subjects for longitudinal follow-up studies in the domestic violence field. Using phoning logs from a 4-year follow-up of batterer intervention, the authors calculated the number, results, and costs of phone calls from a subsample of 100 men and 138 women. The number of calls is high (5.5 per man and 7.1 per woman), locators play a substantial role (for 25% of the men and women), and mailed questionnaires are a useful supplement (increasing response rate 5% for men and 11% for women). On average, about half of the subjects were interviewed at each interval. The main obstacle is not refusals but no response and not being able to locate a subject. Strategies to address &quot;no response&quot; are considered.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0886-2605",
doi="10.1177/0886260504265618",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0886260504265618"
}