Validation of siblings' survival calendar, Niakhar 2013

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) Stephane Helleringer; Gilles Pison; Valerie Delaunay; Cheikh Sokhna; Cheikh Tidiane Ndiaye; Bruno Masquelier

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Project Citation: 

Helleringer, S., Pison, G., Delaunay, V., Sokhna, C., Ndiaye, C. T., & Masquelier, B. (2016). Validation of siblings’ survival calendar, Niakhar 2013 [Data set]. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor]. https://doi.org/10.3886/E31847V1

Project Description

Summary:  View help for Summary Very few low-income countries have complete vital registration systems to monitor adult mortality accurately. Instead, adult mortality is estimated from data collected during household-based surveys, by asking respondents about the survival of their siblings. These siblings' survival histories (SSH) are inexpensive to collect but are potentially affected by large errors. As a result, estimates of the level of adult mortality in low-income countries are frequently contested. In this project, we tested whether a new survey instrument helps improve the quality of data on siblings' survival collected during surveys. This new instrument (which we call the "siblings' survival calendar", SSC) incorporates a number of probes and recall cues to reduce omissions of siblings. It also includes an event history calendar to improve the reporting of dates and ages. We conducted a validation study of this instrument in a rural area of Senegal. During this study, we randomized half the sample of respondents to an interview with the standard SSH instrument, and the other half to an interview with the SSC. 
Funding Sources:  View help for Funding Sources nih (R03HD071117); AGENCE NATIONALE DE LA RECHERCHE (ANR-11-BSH1-0007)

Scope of Project

Subject Terms:  View help for Subject Terms demography; maternal mortality; adult health; mortality rates; sisterhood method
Geographic Coverage:  View help for Geographic Coverage Senegal
Time Period(s):  View help for Time Period(s) 1/1/2013 – 3/31/2013 (Survey conducted in January - March 2013)


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