CLUSTER SAMPLING FOR DETERMINATION OF IMMUNIZATION COVERAGE: A LIMITATION
Evidence provided from studies in Iran points to a possible bias in application of the standard EPI cluster sampling procedure, When carried out in populations with highly variant birth rates, tends to over-represent the low birth rate, i.e. higher socio-economic, strata, and if the entity under stu...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Tehran University of Medical Sciences
1989-12-01
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| Series: | Iranian Journal of Public Health |
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| Online Access: | https://ijph.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijph/article/view/1636 |
| Summary: | Evidence provided from studies in Iran points to a possible bias in application of the standard EPI cluster sampling procedure, When carried out in populations with highly variant birth rates, tends to over-represent the low birth rate, i.e. higher socio-economic, strata, and if the entity under study shows significant socio-economic gradient, then the estimates arrived at by this method might be highly biased. Some alternatives have been mentioned. |
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| ISSN: | 2251-6085 2251-6093 |