@article{ref1,
title="Respondent-driven sampling in the recruitment of illicit stimulant drug users in a rural setting: findings and technical issues",
journal="Addictive behaviors",
year="2007",
author="Wang, Jichuan and Falck, Russel S. and Li, Linna and Rahman, Ahmmed and Carlson, Robert G.",
volume="32",
number="5",
pages="924-937",
abstract="Increasingly, respondent-driven sampling (RDS) is being applied to study not-in-treatment users of illicit drugs. Although RDS has been successfully applied in recruiting active users in densely-populated, metropolitan areas, its utility with hidden populations in rural areas has yet to be determined. This study critically evaluates the sample of not-in-treatment, illicit stimulant drug users (n=249) recruited from the application of RDS in three rural counties in west-central Ohio. The findings of this study largely support the results of earlier studies in urban areas and suggest that RDS is a useful method of sampling hidden drug using populations in less densely populated rural areas. Some limitations of RDS are also discussed.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0306-4603",
doi="10.1016/j.addbeh.2006.06.031",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2006.06.031"
}