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    • South Africa - Africa Health Research Institute INDEPTH Core Dataset 2000-2016 (Residents only) - Release 2018

    Africa-2018
    Reference ID INDEPTH.ZA031.CMD2016.v1
    Year 2000 - 2016
    Country South Africa
    Producer(s) Kobus Herbst - Africa Health Research Institute (ZA031)
    Frank Tanser - Africa Health Research Institute (ZA031)
    Deenan Pillay - Africa Health Research Institute (ZA031)
    Sponsor(s) Wellcome Trust - WT - Current Funder
    Wellcome Trust - WT - Prior Funder
    Collection(s)
    Africa Region – Release 2018
    Metadata PDF Documentation in PDF
    Created on
    Jul 10, 2018
    Last modified
    Jul 10, 2018
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    Sampling
    Sampling Procedure


    This dataset is not based on a sample but contains information from the complete demographic surveillance area.



    Reponse units (households) by year:

    Year Households

    2000 11856

    2001 12321

    2002 12981

    2003 12165

    2004 11841

    2005 11312

    2006 12065

    2007 12165

    2008 11790

    2009 12145

    2010 12485

    2011 12455

    2012 12087

    2013 11988

    2014 11778

    2015 11938

    2016 12890



    In 2006 the number of response units increased due to the addition of a new village into the demographic surveillance area.


    Deviations from Sample Design


    None


    Response Rate


    Household response rates are as follows (assuming that if a household has not responded for 2 years following the last recorded visit to that household, that the household is lost to follow-up and no longer part of the response rate denominator)



    Year Response Rate

    2000 94%

    2001 93%

    2002 96%

    2003 91%

    2004 88%

    2005 84%

    2006 88%

    2007 89%

    2008 87%

    2009 88%

    2010 89%

    2011 89%

    2012 89%

    2013 90%

    2014 89%

    2015 91%

    2016 94%


    Weighting


    Not applicable