Household size in Cote d'Ivoire : sampling bias in the CILSS (English)

This paper reports on household size changes in the Cote d'Ivoire between 1985 and 1988 as evidenced by the Cote d'Ivoire Living Standards Survey (CILSS). The decline, from 8.31 to just 6.32, cannot be explained in terms of real-world changes alone, and so must be due also to either sampling bias or non-sampling errors. The paper identifies a change in sampling procedures as the most likely cause of the problem. The over-enumeration of large households...

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Coulombe,Harold;

Demery,Lionel;
Document Date
1993/10/31
Document Type
Publication
Report Number
LSM97
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Cote d'Ivoire,
Region
Western and Central Africa,
Disclosure Date
2010/07/01
Doc Name
Household size in Cote d'Ivoire : sampling bias in the CILSS
Keywords
household size

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Coulombe,Harold; Demery,Lionel.

Household size in Cote d'Ivoire : sampling bias in the CILSS (English). Living standards measurement study (LSMS) working paper ; no. LSM 97 Washington, DC : The World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/279071468770649013

Household size in Cote d'Ivoire : sampling bias in the CILSS (English)

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