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The Effect of using Household as a Sampling Unit
Author(s) -
Clark Robert G.,
Steel David G.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
international statistical review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.051
H-Index - 54
eISSN - 1751-5823
pISSN - 0306-7734
DOI - 10.1111/j.1751-5823.2002.tb00364.x
Subject(s) - estimator , sampling design , statistics , variance (accounting) , econometrics , census , unit (ring theory) , sampling (signal processing) , range (aeronautics) , mathematics , geography , computer science , economics , demography , engineering , population , sociology , filter (signal processing) , accounting , mathematics education , computer vision , aerospace engineering
Summary The effect of sampling people through households is considered. Results on design effects for two stage surveys are reviewed and applied to give design effects of household samples. The main factors that determine the design effect are identified for the designs in which one person, or all people, are selected from each selected household. Within household correlation is one factor. We show that the relationships between household size and the mean and variance within households are also important factors. Census and survey data are used to empirically compare the design effects for a range estimators, variables and designs.