Reporting errors in siblings' survival histories and their impact on adult mortality estimates: results from a record linkage study in Senegal.

ABSTRACT: Estimates of adult mortality in countries with limited vital registration (e.g., sub-Saharan Africa) are often derived from information about the survival of a respondent's siblings. We evaluated the completeness and accuracy of such data through a record linkage study conducted in Bandafassi, located in southeastern Senegal. We linked at the individual level retrospective siblings' survival histories (SSH) reported by female respondents (n = 268) to prospective mortality data and genealogies collected through a health and demographic surveillance system (HDSS). Respondents often reported inaccurate lists of siblings. Additions to these lists were uncommon, but omissions were frequent: respondents omitted 3.8 % of their live sisters, 9.1 % of their deceased sisters, and 16.6 % of their sis

SUBMITTER: Helleringer S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4487521 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature