Factors associated with re-referral at first tracking attempt
Half (49.5%) of the 904 people tracked by fieldworkers were re-referred at the first tracking attempt (43.9% of the 724 individuals called answered their phone and 71.6% of the 177 individuals visited met with the fieldworker in their home; data regarding the type of first tracking attempt was not available for three individuals). For people with a recorded timing of tracking attempts through phone calls, the data suggests that they were more likely (p = 0.002) to answer their phone as the day progressed: (53/125, 42.4%) of attempts between 8 am-10 am were successful, 100/204 (49.0%) between 10 am-12 pm, 55/103 (53.4%) between 12 pm-2 pm and 68/101 (67.3%) between 2 pm-4:30 pm. The other investigated factors (sex, age, occupation, wealth index, day of the week, and time of day at which the first tracking attempt was made) were not associated with re-referral by phone at the first tracking attempt. No factors were associated with a home visit re-referral at the first tracking attempt (