Do international surveys and censuses exhibit 'Dry Season' bias?

Population, Space and Place

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 116-126

  Wright, Jim A ^a   Yang, Hong ^a   Walker, Kate ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bias; Census; Climate classification; Demographic and Health Surveys; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

CENSUS; CLIMATE CLASSIFICATION; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; DEVELOPING WORLD; HEALTH SURVEY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEASONALITY;

EID: 84155167849     PISSN: 15448444     EISSN: 15448452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/psp.681     Document Type: Article

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