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    • South Africa - Africa Health Research Institute INDEPTH Core Dataset 2000-2015 (Residents only) - Release 2017

    Africa-2017
    Reference ID INDEPTH.ZA031.CMD2015.v1
    Year 2000 - 2015
    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 2017
    Metadata PDF Documentation in PDF
    Created on
    Jul 01, 2017
    Last modified
    Jul 01, 2017
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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


    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%

    Weighting

    Not applicable