Estimating means and percentages in a complex sampling survey: application to a French national survey on sexual behaviour (ACSF). Analyse des Comportements Sexuels en France.

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serval:BIB_B1DE53B89862
Type
Article: article from journal or magazin.
Collection
Publications
Title
Estimating means and percentages in a complex sampling survey: application to a French national survey on sexual behaviour (ACSF). Analyse des Comportements Sexuels en France.
Journal
Statistics in Medicine
Author(s)
Warszawski J., Messiah A., Lellouch J., Meyer L., Deville J.C.
ISSN
0277-6715 (Print)
ISSN-L
0277-6715
Publication state
Published
Issued date
1997
Volume
16
Number
4
Pages
397-423
Language
english
Notes
Publication types: Comparative Study ; Journal Article Publication Status: ppublish
Abstract
Two-phase stratification sampling with unequal selection probabilities is a relatively cost-efficient strategy to address problems on a nationwide basis and to perform comparative analyses of specific subgroups. This was the case with the ACSF survey. Specific procedures to estimate the variances of unbiased estimators in complex sampling designs are not included in standard statistical packages and no specialized software is available for two-phase sampling. A detailed synthesis of general basic rules for inference about a target population from a probability sample is first presented. We follow with a standard procedure to estimate means and percentages with their confidence intervals according to the design. Finally, numerical results are discussed.
Keywords
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/epidemiology, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/transmission, Disease Outbreaks/prevention & control, Female, Humans, Linear Models, Male, Paris, Population Surveillance/methods, Probability, Random Allocation, Research Design, Risk Assessment, Sampling Studies, Sexual Behavior/statistics & numerical data, Sexual Partners
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