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Re: Are the area clusters for one country the same across years? [message #28771 is a reply to message #28732]

Wed, 06 March 2024 16:17

Janet-DHS
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Following is a response from DHS staff member, Tom Pullum:

The methodology for sampling clusters from the sampling frame is consistent across surveys, but successive surveys in the same country have different samples of clusters, households, and respondents. There is no continuity in the actual sample.

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		Are the area clusters for one country the same across years? By: andrew49@stanford.edu on Thu, 29 February 2024 20:57
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