Refusal Bias in the Estimation of HIV Prevalence

Demography

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1131-1157

  Janssens, Wendy ^a   van der Gaag, Jacques ^b   Rinke de Wit, Tobias F ^b   Tanović, Zlata ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Heckman selection model; HIV prevalence; Namibia; Population based survey; Refusal bias

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NAMIBIA; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL BIAS; YOUNG ADULT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NAMIBIA; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH SURVEILLANCE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84902013418     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: 15337790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13524-014-0290-0     Document Type: Article

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