Reasons for store exclusion for unbranded chop-chop substudy by month
| Preplain packaging | Implementation | Postplain packaging | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun '12 n (%) | Sep '12 n (%) | Dec '12 n (%) | Feb '13 n (%) | Apr '13 n (%) | Jul '13 n (%) | |
| Total stores visited (n) | 174* | 178* | 179 | 179 | 179 | 179 |
| Stores closed or no longer sold tobacco | 1 (0.6) | 1 (0.6) | 6 (3.4) | 5 (2.8) | 6 (3.4) | 7 (3.9) |
| Data collection error | 9† (5.2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Retailer refused to cooperate with task | 0 | 1 (0.6) | 0 | 1 (0.6) | 1 (0.6) | 0 |
| Store too busy for enquiry | 0 | 2 (1.1) | 3 (1.7) | 0 | 1 (0.6) | 2 (1.1) |
| Enquiry completed | 164 (94.3) | 174 (97.8) | 170 (95.0) | 173 (96.7) | 171 (95.5) | 170 (95.0) |
*Stores not visited were mistakenly excluded from the procedure by the fieldworker. This issue was rectified after the second fieldwork month.
†Data for one fieldworker was excluded in June due to unreliability. This fieldworker was not used in subsequent fieldwork waves.