Navy-Wide Personnel Survey (NPS) 1997: Statistical Tables for Officers and Enlisted Personnel

Kantor, John; Ford, Michael; Olmstead, Murrey

doi:10.21236/ada286970

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“…Table 1 presents the response rates associated with each strategy taken to collect survey data. Almost 25% returned the initial mailed survey, a higher response rate than that (11%-17%) typically reported for one-time surveys sent to lower-ranking Navy enlisted personnel (Kantor, Ford, & Heron, 1996;Kantor, Ford, & Olmstead, 1997). Other administration strategies and versions of the survey were useful in collecting data from an additional 27.8% of participants.…”

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“…Just the use of the two relatively inexpensive monetary incentives offered with the initial survey (i.e., a chance to win a $100 lottery prize and a phone card good for 10 minutes of free long-distance calls) resulted in a higher response rate (24.9%) than that typically seen (11%-17%) in other surveys of Navy enlisted personnel (Kantor et al, 1996(Kantor et al, , 1997.…”

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Increasing Response Rates to a Smoking Survey for U.S. Navy Enlisted Women

Woodruff

Conway²,

Edwards

2000

Eval Health Prof

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This study examined the effectiveness of several persistent strategies to increase the response to a smoking survey among newly enlisted U.S. Navy women. The stepped approach, which included the use of incentives, repeated mailings, alternative survey administration modes, and reminders, was evaluated in terms of effects on response rates and response bias. Demographic and baseline smoking-related characteristics were compared for those responding on time to the initial mailed follow-up survey, reluctant respondents who did not respond initially but eventually completed a survey after further prompting, and non-respondents. Results showed that incentives and persistent efforts were effective in substantially increasing the response among 2,231 eligible participants, more than doubling the response rate (from 24.9% to 52.7%). The characteristics of on-time, reluctant, and non-respondents did not differ significantly in terms of sociodemographic characteristics. On the other hand, on-time respondents were different from both reluctant respondents and non-respondents in terms of smoking-related behaviors.

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Increasing Response Rates to a Smoking Survey for U.S. Navy Enlisted Women

Woodruff

Conway²,

Edwards

2000

Eval Health Prof

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“…A number of strategies were used to maximise response to the three month survey that included incentives, reminders, and different survey administration procedures 23. As shown in fig 1, the response rate to the three month survey was 39%, higher than that typically seen among lower enlisted military personnel 2425 However, analysis revealed a response bias to the three month survey, such that non-respondents had a slightly higher past 30 day smoking rate at baseline than did respondents 23…”

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Effect of an eight week smoking ban on women at US Navy recruit training command

Woodruff

2000

Tobacco Control

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Objective-To examine the eVect of a unique organisational smoking ban on female United States Navy recruits, a population with historically high smoking rates. Setting and design-Study participants were female recruits (n = 5503) entering the Navy recruit training command between March 1996 and March 1997 (12 consecutive months). Participants completed smoking surveys at entry to recruit training (baseline) and again at graduation from training after exposure to an eight week, 24 hour a day smoking ban. EVects of the ban on baseline to graduation changes in perceptions of being a smoker were examined, and relapse rates among baseline ever smokers was assessed three months after leaving recruit training. Results-Among all recruits, 41.4% reported being smokers at entry (that is, reported any smoking in the 30 days before entering recruit training). As a result of the ban, there was a significant reduction (from about 41% to 25%, p < 0.001) in the percentage of all women recruits who reported themselves as smokers, a much larger change than expected had no ban been in place. Relapse at the three month follow up varied according to the type of smoker at entry into the Navy, with rates ranging from 89% relapse among baseline daily smokers to 31% among baseline experimenters. Conclusions-Findings suggest that the ban provides some smokers who desire to quit with an external impetus and support to do so. However, high relapse rates indicate that more than an organisationally mandated smoking ban during recruit training is needed to help younger smokers, more regular smokers, and those who intend to continue smoking to quit after joining the Navy.

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“…In previous years, Sailors have generally expressed opinions in support of women in combat situations and in their ability to perform well under these conditions. When asked on the 1994 NPS (Kantor, Ford, Wilcove, & Gyll, 1995a;Kantor, Ford, Wilcove, & Gyll, 1995b;Wilcove, 1996), 67 percent of officers and 62 percent of enlisted Sailors indicated that they believed that women had the ability to successfully carry out their military duties and perform in combat situations. As shown in Figure 16 below, the percentage of Sailors with a positive assessment of women's abilities to perform in combat situations increased throughout the mid-1990s, but then dropped perhaps associated with a large increase in assignments of women to combatant ships, before increasing again on the most recent surveys.…”

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Navy-wide Personnel Survey (NPS) 2005: Summary of Survey Results

Whittam¹

2007

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Navy-Wide Personnel Survey (NPS) 1997: Statistical Tables for Officers and Enlisted Personnel

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Increasing Response Rates to a Smoking Survey for U.S. Navy Enlisted Women

Increasing Response Rates to a Smoking Survey for U.S. Navy Enlisted Women

Effect of an eight week smoking ban on women at US Navy recruit training command

Navy-wide Personnel Survey (NPS) 2005: Summary of Survey Results

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