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Table 3 Mean results of 280 samples as a percentage of the unsampled value for each of the key parameters.

From: Population survey sampling methods in a rural African setting: measuring mortality

Parameter

 

Simple Random

PPS

Stratified

DSS Multistage

Dispersed Multistage

  

ZD

Conc.

ZD

Conc.

ZD

Conc.

ZD Random

ZD PPS

Conc. Random

Conc. PPS

ZD Random

ZD PPS

Conc. Random

Conc. PPS

 

Mean number of units

5.65

440.95

2.25

66.85

5.70

437.20

5.55

4.10

458.50

174.80

5.75

3.35

464.20

157.70

 

Mean Sample Population (%)

951.50 (1.11)

855.15 (1.00)

996.60 (1.13)

858.85 (1.01)

928.35 (1.09)

855.65 (1.00)

971.35 (1.14)

941.85 (1.10)

855.65 (1.00)

856.35 (1.00)

917.50 (1.07)

970.25 (1.14)

854.10 (1.00)

854.85 (1.00)

Male

Mean%

100.26

102.48

99.39

101.26

100.16

101.75

99.70

99.80

102.94

101.66

100.20

100.67

101.95

100.77

Aged < 5 years

Mean%

100.87

92.32

100.97

103.68

99.73

92.97

97.73

96.43

91.18

99.78

98.27

97.08

91.94

104.22

Educated to secondary level or higher

Mean%

94.06

179.70

130.20

62.87

104.95

160.89

124.26

172.28

222.77

123.27

95.05

109.90

176.73

118.81

Lowest Wealth Quintile

Mean%

107.22

100.95

73.49

116.94

96.96

99.20

76.23

69.96

105.03

92.97

105.93

108.37

89.94

75.24

Adult female residents

Mean%

100.18

98.58

102.66

107.01

100.50

98.08

100.50

102.34

97.94

106.04

101.01

99.45

98.03

107.28

Maternal Deaths

Mean%

105.69

203.05

101.50

127.23

104.57

203.05

104.20

103.17

203.05

159.09

104.53

103.19

203.05

162.54

Crude MMR

Mean%

113.90

294.92

108.06

189.72

115.36

288.91

110.11

104.98

293.46

216.50

113.20

106.17

305.95

209.36