Fottrell, E;
Byass, P;
(2008)
Population survey sampling methods in a rural African setting: measuring mortality.
Population Health Metrics
, 6
, Article 2. 10.1186/1478-7954-6-2.
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Abstract
Population-based sample surveys and sentinel surveillance methods are commonly used as substitutes for more widespread health and demographic monitoring and intervention studies in resource-poor settings. Such methods have been criticised as only being worthwhile if the results can be extrapolated to the surrounding 100-fold population. With an emphasis on measuring mortality, this study explores the extent to which choice of sampling method affects the representativeness of 1% sample data in relation to various demographic and health parameters in a rural, developing-country setting.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Population survey sampling methods in a rural African setting: measuring mortality |
| Location: | England |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1186/1478-7954-6-2 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1478-7954-6-2 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2008 Fottrell and Byass; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute for Global Health |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1314720 |
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