Refusal bias in HIV data from the Demographic and Health Surveys: Evaluation, critique and recommendations

• Main Authors: ADEGBOYE, Oyelola A., FUJII, Tomoki, LEUNG, Denis H. Y.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2020
• Subjects: Bias; Demographic and Health Surveys; missing data; non-response; refusals; Malawi; Health Economics
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soe_research/2298; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soe_research/article/3297/viewcontent/RefusalbiasinHIVdatafromtheDemographicandHealthSurveys_sv.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Non-response is a commonly encountered problem in many population-based surveys. Broadly speaking, non-response can be due to refusal or failure to contact the sample units. Although both types of non-response may lead to bias, there is much evidence to indicate that it is much easier to reduce the...