Recruitment and data collection
RECRUITMENT
The Organization for Rural Community Development, a local non-government in the Narail district of Bangladesh, facilitated recruitment. The Rural Community Development investigators and trained data collectors communicated with the potential participants over the telephone or by direct contact. Upon establishment of contact with potential participants, they were assessed for inclusion and exclusion and collected their written consent for participation. The Organisation for Rural Community Development investigators and four trained data collectors collected data from face-to-face interviews. An equal proportion of men and women subjects were recruited.