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The print and Braille formats were distributed by the participating
organisations between March 2004 and June 2004 with the exception of the ABWA
which were distributed in August. As noted in Figure 7.1 the total number of print
and Braille surveys distributed was 4428.
Organisation Distribution Print Braille Total
ABWA Mail out 2200 0 2200
RBS (NSW) Pickup 80 10 90
RSB (SA) Online 0 0 0
RA (ACT) Mail out 33 0 33
RA (VIC) Mail out 300 0 300
RA (QLD) Mail out 300 0 300
WARPF Mail out 155 0 155
BCA Mail out 1110 240 1350
Total 4178 250 4428
Figure 7.1 Print and Braille Survey Distribution
In terms of costs, the University funded the supply, printing and return postage costs
of the reply-paid envelopes. The reply-paid envelopes incorporated a bar code which
allowed Australia Post to charge the University only for the surveys which were
returned. The University also allowed for the Braille surveys to be printed on the
Braille embosser and for the boxes of the surveys to be sent to the various
organisations for distribution. Personal costs included the printing of the print-based
surveys and the envelopes for the surveys to be posted. In addition, personal costs
included the postage and time incurred by the various organisations for posting the
surveys with the exception of Retina Australia http://www.bca.org.au/vip-l.htm
(Queensland) and the WARPF who both waived the postage distribution costs to
help support this study.
7.2.4 Response to the survey
A total of 512 surveys were returned, of which 369 were deemed to be valid survey
responses. Most of the invalid surveys were either returned as blank or had less than
50% of the questions completed. However, most surveys that were over 50%
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