We describe the feasibility of audio-enhanced personal digital assistants (ADPAs) for data collection with 60 Latino migrant farmworkers. All participants chose to complete APDA surveys rather than using paperand-pencil. No one left the study prematurely: two (3%) data cases were lost due to technical difficulties. Across all data. 27%missing data were observed: nine missing responses on eight items. Participants took 19minutes on average to complete the 58-question survey. The factor most influential for completion was education level. APDA methodology enabled both Englishand Spanish-speaking Latino migrant farmworkers to become active research participants with minimal loss of data. copy; 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

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