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Are the area clusters for one country the same across years? [message #28732] Thu, 29 February 2024 20:57 Go to next message
andrew49@stanford.edu is currently offline  andrew49@stanford.edu
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I understand that area clusters aren't identified for privacy reasons, but I wanted to double check that they are still uniform across years in DHS surveys (looking at Malawi specifically.)
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 Go to previous message
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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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