Telephone peer recruitment and interviewing during a respondent-driven sampling (RDS) survey: feasibility and field experience from the first phone-based RDS survey among men who have sex with men in Côte d’Ivoire

Table 1 Results of telephone calls among men who have sex with men, 2018–2019

		n	%
	Registered phone numbers	576	100.0
EF	Respondent unable to be reached, no contact after initial registration	20	3.5
EF	Respondent could not be reached after appointment (questionnaire started or not)	10	1.7
EF	Wrong phone number given when making an appointment	9	1.6
OT	Language barrier with the respondent	1	0.2
OT	Respondent was not living in Côte d’Ivoire	1	0.2
OT	Respondent was younger than 18 years old	1	0.2
	Individuals interviewed	534	92.6
	–	–	–
	Individuals interviewed	534	100.0
OT	Respondent reported never having had sex with a man	16	2.8
EF	Respondent discontinued questionnaire	0	0.0
	Completed questionnaires	518	97.2
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	Overall execution failure rate(Eligible individuals with off-target persons excluded)	–	7.0

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