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Reasons for Refusal To Participate By Age, Gender and Deprivation
	Yes (%)	No (%)	No box Selected (%)	χ²	p

A) Misunderstandings about the research
*I do not do enough activities to be useful for research*
65 – 74 years	54	17	28	0.49	0.782
75 – 84 years	57	19	25
Male	51	23	26	4.00	0.135
Female	59	14	27
Low deprivation	53	15	32	2.30	0.680
Medium	57	19	24
High deprivation	56	21	23
*I thought the purpose of the study was to encourage people to take part in different activities*
65 – 74 years	31	28	41	0.32	0.852
75 – 84 years	33	25	42
Male	33	30	37	2.57	0.277
Female	32	23	46
Low deprivation	33	17	50	6.75	0.150
Medium	30	32	38
High deprivation	34	30	36
B) Concerns About Privacy
*I do not want a research nurse coming to my home*
65 – 74 years	46	22	32	0.30	0.860
75 – 84 years	44	25	30
Male	45	27	28	1.14	0.567
Female	45	22	33
Low deprivation
Medium	41	23	36	1.70	0.792
High deprivation	47	24	29
*I do not want to be asked questions about my personal details/activities*
65 – 74 years	40	28	32	0.01	0.995
75 – 84 years	39	29	32
Male	39	33	28	2.01	0.366
Female	40	25	35
Low deprivation	35	29	36	2.11	0.715
Medium	39	29	32
High deprivation	45	27	27
C) Personal Reasons
*I am too old to take part in a study*
65 – 74 years	20	41	39	29.10	<0.0001
75 – 84 years	52	21	27
Male	40	33	28	2.17	0.338
Female	36	28	36
Low deprivation	38	27	35	0.88	0.927
Medium	38	32	30
High deprivation	36	33	32
*I am not well enough to take part in the study*
65 – 74 years	21	41	38	5.87	0.053
75 – 84 years	34	37	29
Male	27	43	30	1.59	0.451
Female	29	36	36
Low deprivation	25	37	38	1.94	0.747
Medium	28	40	32
High deprivation	32	40	29
D) Not Interested In The Research
*I am not interested in a study on activities of older people*
65 – 74 years	35	33	32	1.64	0.441
75 – 84 years	28	34	38
Male	34	37	29	3.14	0.209
Female	30	30	40
Low deprivation	28	33	39	2.99	0.559
Medium	33	38	29
High deprivation	34	29	37
*I am not interested in research*
65 – 74 years	27	36	37	0.02	0.991
75 – 84 years	28	35	37
Male	33	38	29	6.22	0.045
Female	22	33	45
Low deprivation	17	33	50	9.39	0.052
Medium	29	38	34
High deprivation	36	36	29

Williams et al. BMC Health Services Research 2007 7:59 doi:10.1186/1472-6963-7-59

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