Optimization of household survey sampling without sample frames

Bostoen, Kristof; Chalabi, Zaid

doi:10.1093/ije/dyl019

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“…In the present study, we applied the "door-to-door" method used in the standard Expanded Program of Immunisation (EPI) developed by WHO [16]. Although this method suffers from a number of disadvantages and was initially developed to measure the coverage of the childhood immunization programmes and nutritional status, it has been widely and successfully used for other purposes in low income countries [19,20]. Furthermore, the response rate is acceptable and only minor differences in socio-demographic profiles among participants and non-participants were noted.…”

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Illness-related behaviour and utilization of oral health services among adult city-dwellers in Burkina Faso: evidence from a household survey

Varenne

Petersen

Fournet

et al. 2006

BMC Health Serv Res

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Background: In sub-Saharan Africa, the availability and accessibility of oral health services are seriously constrained and the provision of essential oral care is limited. Reports from the region show a very low utilization of oral health care services, and visits to dental-care facilities are mostly undertaken for symptomatic reasons. The objectives of the present study were to describe the prevalence of oral symptoms among adults in Ouagadougou, capital city of Burkina Faso and the use of oral health services and self-medication in response to these symptoms and to measure the associations between predisposing, enabling and needs factors and decisions to seek oral health care.

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Illness-related behaviour and utilization of oral health services among adult city-dwellers in Burkina Faso: evidence from a household survey

Varenne

Petersen

Fournet

et al. 2006

BMC Health Serv Res

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“…It is often difficult to obtain representative samples in low-income countries, particularly when hidden and vulnerable population groups are involved [50,51].…”

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Assistive technology use is associated with reduced capability poverty: a cross-sectional study in Bangladesh

Borg

Östergren

Larsson

et al. 2011

Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology

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Assistive technology use is associated with reduced capability poverty: a crosssectional study in Bangladesh.Borg, Johan; Östergren, Per-Olof; Larsson, Stig; Rahman, Asm Atiqur; Bari, Nazmul; Khan, Ahm Noman Link to publication Citation for published version (APA): Borg, J., Östergren, P-O., Larsson, S., Rahman, A. A., Bari, N., & Khan, A. N. (2012). Assistive technology use is associated with reduced capability poverty: a cross-sectional study in Bangladesh. Disability and rehabilitation. Assistive technology, 7(2), 112-121. DOI: 10.3109/17483107.2011.602173 General rights Copyright and moral rights for the publications made accessible in the public portal are retained by the authors and/or other copyright owners and it is a condition of accessing publications that users recognise and abide by the legal requirements associated with these rights.• Users may download and print one copy of any publication from the public portal for the purpose of private study or research.• You may not further distribute the material or use it for any profit-making activity or commercial gain • You may freely distribute the URL identifying the publication in the public portal Focusing on the ends rather than the economic means of human development, the capability approach offers an alternative view of poverty. The purpose was to explore the relation between assistive technology use and capability poverty in a low-income country.Method: Self-reported data on food intake, health care, education, politics, self-determination, selfrespect, family relationships and friendships were collected in Bangladesh through interviews of people with hearing impairments using and not using hearings aids, and people with ambulatory impairments using and not using manual wheelchairs (N=583). Differences in outcomes between users and non-users of assistive technology were analyzed using logistic regression.Results: Assistive technology users were more likely than non-users to report enhanced capabilities, hearing aid users to a larger extent than wheelchair users. Synergistic effects between assistive technology use and education were found. Conclusion:The use of assistive technology is predictive of reduced capability poverty in Bangladesh. Lack of wheelchair accessibility and the nature of selected outcomes may explain the limited association in the ambulatory group. Enhancing the effects of the other, there is support for providing education in combination with hearing aids.2

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“…The elements of optimising any household sampling method are the objective function (performance measure) to be optimised (maximised or minimised), the parameters of the method which can be tuned to optimise the objective function, and the constraints that are imposed on the values of these parameters [8]. In the context of optimising the T-Square method this is translated as follows.…”

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“…One of the problems in validating and verifying sampling methods used in situations devoid of sampling frames is the difficulty in analysing the properties of the sampling methods [8]. Traditional optimisation of sampling methods is done using computationally intensive re-sampling techniques such as Monte Carlo (MC) or Latin Hypercube Sampling (LHS) simulations, while experimenting with different permutations of the parameters of the sampling method on simulated or real population data.…”

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Optimisation of the T-square sampling method to estimate population sizes

Bostoen

Chalabi

Grais³

2007

Emerg Themes Epidemiol

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Population size and density estimates are needed to plan resource requirements and plan health related interventions. Sampling frames are not always available necessitating surveys using nonstandard household sampling methods. These surveys are time-consuming, difficult to validate, and their implementation could be optimised. Here, we discuss an example of an optimisation procedure for rapid population estimation using T-Square sampling which has been used recently to estimate population sizes in emergencies. A two-stage process was proposed to optimise the TSquare method wherein the first stage optimises the sample size and the second stage optimises the pathway connecting the sampling points. The proposed procedure yields an optimal solution if the distribution of households is described by a spatially homogeneous Poisson process and can be sub-optimal otherwise. This research provides the first step in exploring how optimisation techniques could be applied to survey designs thereby providing more timely and accurate information for planning interventions.

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Optimization of household survey sampling without sample frames

Cited by 77 publications

References 8 publications

Illness-related behaviour and utilization of oral health services among adult city-dwellers in Burkina Faso: evidence from a household survey

Illness-related behaviour and utilization of oral health services among adult city-dwellers in Burkina Faso: evidence from a household survey

Assistive technology use is associated with reduced capability poverty: a cross-sectional study in Bangladesh

Optimisation of the T-square sampling method to estimate population sizes

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