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. 2009 May 5;20(21):503.
doi: 10.4054/demres.2009.20.21.

The Malawi Diffusion and Ideational Change Project 2004-06: Data collection, data quality, and analysis of attrition

Philip Anglewicz  1 , Jimi Adams, Francis Obare, Hans-Peter Kohler, Susan Watkins
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The Malawi Diffusion and Ideational Change Project 2004-06: Data collection, data quality, and analysis of attrition

Philip Anglewicz et al. Demogr Res. .

Abstract

In this paper we evaluate the quality of survey data collected by the Malawi Diffusion and Ideational Change Project by investigating four potential sources of bias: sample representativeness, interviewer effects, response unreliability, and sample attrition. We discuss the results of our analysis and implications of our findings for the collection of data in similar contexts.

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Success of re-recruitment (2006) by receipt of HIV test results (2004) and HIV status (2004)
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