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A dual frame design for sampling elderly minorities and persons with disabilities
Author(s) -
Ezzati Trena M.,
Hoffman Keith,
Judkins David R.,
Massey James T.,
Moore Thomas F.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
statistics in medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.996
H-Index - 183
eISSN - 1097-0258
pISSN - 0277-6715
DOI - 10.1002/sim.4780140515
Subject(s) - sampling frame , sampling (signal processing) , sample (material) , sampling design , frame (networking) , statistics , computer science , dual (grammatical number) , variance (accounting) , sample size determination , survey sampling , data collection , population , medicine , environmental health , mathematics , telecommunications , art , chemistry , literature , accounting , chromatography , detector , business
Multiple data sources are sometimes available as potential sampling frames for population surveys, and in some situations the use of a multiple frame sample design is more advantageous than using a single sampling frame. The use of multiple sampling frames, however, has variance and bias implications, as well as sampling, data collection, and logistical considerations. These issues are addressed for a proposed dual frame sampling approach in the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS). The results of an investigation of the sampling efficiencies and operational issues in supplementing the NHIS area frame sample with a sample of elderly African and Hispanic Americans and persons with disabilities selected from Social Security Administration files are presented.