Improving Population health measurement in national household surveys: A simulation study of the sample design of the comprehensive survey of living conditions of the people on health and welfare in Japan

Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 385-390

  Ikeda, Nayu ^a   Shibuya, Kenji ^a   Hashimoto, Hideki ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Comprehensive Survey of Living Conditions of the People on Health and Welfare; Japan; Root mean squared error; Sample design; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FAMILY SIZE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JAPAN; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; JAPAN; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 80053316647     PISSN: 09175040     EISSN: 13499092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2188/jea.JE20100102     Document Type: Article

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