Assessment of the consistency of health and demographic surveillance and household survey data: A demonstration at two HDSS sites in The Gambia

Momodou Jasseh, Anne J Rerimoi, Georges Reniers and Ian M Timæus

PLOS ONE, 2022, vol. 17, issue 7, 1-18

Abstract: Objective: To assess whether an adapted Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) like cross-sectional household survey with full pregnancy histories can demonstrate the validity of health and demographic surveillance (HDSS) data by producing similar population structural characteristics and childhood mortality indicators at two HDSS sites in The Gambia–Farafenni and Basse. Methods: A DHS-type survey was conducted of 2,580 households in the Farafenni HDSS, and 2,907 in the Basse HDSS. Household members were listed and pregnancy histories obtained for all women aged 15–49. HDSS datasets were extracted for the same households including residency episodes for all current and former members and compared with the survey data. Neonatal (0–28 days), infant (

Date: 2022
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