Using data from the Tanzania Social Capital and Poverty Survey (SCPS), a large scale survey which asked individuals about the extent and characteristics of their associational activity and their trust in various institutions and individuals, we construct a measure of “social capital” in rural Tanzania. By matching this measure of social capital with data on household incomes in the same village...

In survey sampling, inverse-probability weights are used to correct for unequal selection probabilities, and poststratification weights are used to correct for known or expected discrepancies between the sample and the population (see, e.g., Kish 1992). In this research note, we consider the effects of these adjustments for household size in telephone polling. In a survey in which households ar...

This study examines the relationship between of food group intake and household income in a representative Japanese population. A total of 11,015 subjects (5,127 men and 5,888 women) aged 20 to 79 years, in 5,475 households who were part of the National Health and Nutrition Survey, Japan, in 2010 and 2011 were analyzed. Dietary intake was recorded for one day in November for those aged one year...

In this project, the raw data from a survey, 2011-2012 Bangladesh Integrated Household Survey, is cleaned. Based on the research purpose of the collaborator, important variables are extracted and principal component analysis is used to form a new data set. The iterative clustering technique is applied to the new data set to classify the households involved in the survey into different categorie...

Background One common challenge to social systems is achieving equity in financial contributions and preventing financial loss. Because of the large and unpredictable nature of some costs, achieving this goal in the health system presents important and unique problems. The present study investigated the Household Financial Contributions (HFCs) to the health system.   Methods The study investiga...

INTRODUCTION Uganda is conducting a second mass LLIN distribution campaign and Katakwi district recently received LLINs as part of this activity. This study was conducted to measure the success of the campaign in this setting, an area of high transmission, with the objectives to estimate LLIN ownership, access and use pre and post campaign implementation. METHODS Two identical cross sectional...

The primary goals of the appraisal are to document problems in question design and identify possible revisions. The review criteria are standard and so, the appraisal offers the promise of increased consistency in questionnaire review and revision. We have found that the household appraisal is a quick and inexpensive source of feedback when more extensive cognitive laboratory testing activities...

The importance of household structure on mobility patterns in urban areas has been revealed by many studies. However, data for this type of analysis are not always available even though the need for taking into account family structure may be extremely important in the explanation of differences in travel behavior, namely in the comparative analysis of different socioeconomic or cultural contex...

How to release rural consumption potential is currently of great significance for the sustainable economic growth developing world. Using representative survey data from China Household Finance Survey (CHFS), this paper studied impacts mobile payments on household and its mechanisms. This study constructed instrumental variables perspective induced demand overcome endogeneity problem found that...