Survey research with a random digit dial national mobile phone sample in Ghana: Methods and sample quality.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Generating a nationally representative sample in low and middle income countries typically requires resource-intensive household level sampling with door-to-door data collection. High mobile phone penetration rates in developing countries provide new opportunities for alternative sampling and data collection methods, but there is limited information about response rates and sample biases in coverage and nonresponse using these methods. We utilized data from an interactive voice response, random-digit dial, national mobile phone survey in Ghana to calculate standardized response rates and assess representativeness of the obtained sample.

Materials and methods

The survey methodology was piloted in two rounds of data collection. The final survey included 18 demogra

SUBMITTER: L'Engle K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5774708 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature