TABLE 1

POPULATION, SAMPLE, AND RESPONSE RATES

 

1992

1997

  Black White Black White Hispanic Asian
Population 795 17,775 1,6234 16,096 6625 235
Sample 517 966 767 802 662 235
Responses 367 565 410 408 264 124
Response Rate 46.2% 58.5% 53.5% 50.9% 39.9% 52.8%
Analyzed3 (328) (524) (380) (386) (240) (115)
Males (165) (242) (177) (192) (154) (76)
% 50.3% 46.2% 46.6% 49.7% 64.2% 66.1%
Female (163) (282) (203) (194) (86) (39)
% 49.7% 53.8% 53.4% 50.3% 35.8% 33.9%

3Responses were analyzed if they were from employed healthcare executives who gave their gender.

4Composed of 603 ACHE members, 375 of whom were sampled, and 224 of whom responded: and 1020 NAHSE members, 625 of whom were sampled, and 186 of whom responded (233 having proved unlocatable).

5Composed of 296 ACHE members, 179 of whom responded, and 366 members and contacts of AHHE, 85 of whom responded.


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