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    • Kenya - Nairobi Urban Health and Demographic Surveillance System 2002-2010

    Africa-2013
    Reference ID INDEPTH.KE031.2.v6
    Year 2002
    Country Kenya
    Producer(s) Dr.Alex Ezeh - Site Leader, KE031
    Dr.Donatien Beguy - Site Representative, KE031
    Sponsor(s) Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, USA - - Current Funder
    William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, USA - - Current Funder
    Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency - - Current Funder
    Wellcome Trust, UK - - Previous Funder
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    Collection(s)
    Africa Region – Release 2013
    Metadata PDF Documentation in PDF
    Created on
    Jul 01, 2013
    Last modified
    Jul 22, 2015
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    Sampling
    Sampling Procedure

    This dataset is related to the whole demographic surveillance area population. The number of respondents has varied over the last 8 years (2002-2010), with variations being observed at both household level and at Individual level. As at 31st December,2010 the Nairobi HDSS covered 67,000 persons living in 28,000 households distributed across two informal settlements(Korogocho and Viwandani). The variations can be seen in the attached document: NUHDSS Indicators 2003-2010

    Deviations from Sample Design

    None

    Response Rate

    Over the years the response rate at household level has varied between 95% and 97% with response rate at Individual Level varying between 92% and 95%. Challenges to acheiving a 100% response rate have included:

    1. High Population Mobility within the study area
    2. High Population Attrition
    3. Respondent Fatigue
    4. Security in some areas

    Weighting

    Not applicable