Variance estimation for a low income proportion

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series C: Applied Statistics

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 457-468

  Berger, Yves G ^a   Skinner, Chris J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Calibration; Complex sampling design; Linearization; Poverty; Quantile; Raking; Survey weight

Indexed keywords

EID: 0142219337     PISSN: 00359254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9876.00417     Document Type: Article

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