The measurement of household socio-economic position in tuberculosis prevalence surveys: A sensitivity analysis

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Boccia, Delia ^a   Hargreaves, J ^a   Howe, L D ^b   De Stavola, B L ^c   Fielding, K ^a   Ayles, H ^a,d   Godfrey Fausse, P ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

Author keywords

Inequalities; Measurement; Prevalence survey; Socio economic position; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FOOD; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL AREA; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOCIAL STATUS; TUBERCULOSIS; URBAN AREA; ZAMBIA;

FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84871185771     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.11.0387     Document Type: Article

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