Are rapid population estimates accurate? A field trial of two different assessment methods

Disasters

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 364-376

  Grais, Rebecca F ^a   Coulombier, Denis ^b   Ampuero, Julia ^a   Lucas, Marcelino E S ^d   Barretto, Avertino T ^d   Jacquier, Guy ^c   Diaz, Francisco ^c   Balandine, Serge ^a   Mahoudeau, Claude ^c   Brown, Vincent ^a  

^a EPICENTRE   (France)

^b EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL ECDC   (Sweden)

^c MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

^d MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Mozambique)

Author keywords

Area sampling; Emergency; Internally displaced persons; Quadrat method; Rapid population estimation; Refugees; T Square method

Indexed keywords

CENSUS; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION ESTIMATION; REFUGEE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; DISASTER; EVALUATION; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; MOZAMBIQUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REFUGEE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEMOGRAPHY; DISASTERS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOZAMBIQUE; REFUGEES;

AFRICA; MOZAMBIQUE; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

DORCATRAGUS MEGALOTIS;

EID: 33746632651     PISSN: 03613666     EISSN: 14677717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0361-3666.2005.00326.x     Document Type: Article

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