IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/p/wbk/wbrwps/10675.html
   My bibliography  Save this paper

Implications of Choice of Second Stage Selection Method on Sampling Error and Non-Sampling Error : Evidence from an IDP Camp in South Sudan

Author

Listed:
  • Himelein,Kristen
  • Pape,Utz Johann
  • Wild,Michael

Abstract

The most common sampling approach for cross-sectional household surveys in the developing world is a stratified two-stage design, where the first stage is usually a sample from a census-based area frame, and the second stage is a random sample of households from each of the areas selected in the first stage. To overcome the problem of outdated census frame information, it is common to conduct a household listing operation within these areas. However, these listing operations come with severe implications for survey costs, timeframe, as well as quality. To avoid such second-stage operations, some surveys choose alternate approaches for their second-stage operation. This paper compares five of these approaches, namely, satellite mapping, segmentation, grid square, the north method, and random walk, through simulations based on a census conducted in a refugee camp in South Sudan. The paper compares the simulated approach with the estimates derived from the actual experiment and finds that all the resulting estimates are biased. Nevertheless, in addition to their practical challenges, the satellite mapping, segmentation, and grid square approaches exhibit the smallest bias. Although random walk shows the worst performance in the simulations, it regains ground in its implementation, especially vis-à-vis the north method, where implementation adds most significantly to its bias. In conclusion, most probability-based methods perform better than non-probability methods like random walk and are therefore preferrable when no traditional household listing can take place. Although it is important to consider the theoretical properties of sampling approaches, implementation is at least as important. Training, implementation modalities, and monitoring of compliance are key factors in the overall performance.

Suggested Citation

  • Himelein,Kristen & Pape,Utz Johann & Wild,Michael, 2024. "Implications of Choice of Second Stage Selection Method on Sampling Error and Non-Sampling Error : Evidence from an IDP Camp in South Sudan," Policy Research Working Paper Series 10675, The World Bank.
  • Handle: RePEc:wbk:wbrwps:10675
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099450101182424685/pdf/IDU185fa1625143051482919ed61284e2ea25794.pdf
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Naresh Kumar, 2007. "Spatial Sampling Design for a Demographic and Health Survey," Population Research and Policy Review, Springer;Southern Demographic Association (SDA), vol. 26(5), pages 581-599, December.
    2. Unknown, 2016. "Proceedings Of Abstracts," 152nd Seminar, August 30 - September 1, 2016, Novi Sad, Serbia 244068, European Association of Agricultural Economists.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Michael Vössing & Niklas Kühl & Matteo Lind & Gerhard Satzger, 2022. "Designing Transparency for Effective Human-AI Collaboration," Information Systems Frontiers, Springer, vol. 24(3), pages 877-895, June.
    2. Nava Ashraf & Edward Glaeser & Abraham Holland & Bryce Millett Steinberg, 2017. "Water, Health and Wealth," NBER Working Papers 23807, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    3. Martin Fiszbein, 2017. "Agricultural Diversity, Structural Change and Long-run Development: Evidence from the U.S," NBER Working Papers 23183, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    4. Ana Gouveia & Sílvia Santos & Inês Gonçalves, 2017. "The short-term impact of structural reforms on productivity growth: beyond direct effects," GEE Papers 0065, Gabinete de Estratégia e Estudos, Ministério da Economia, revised Feb 2017.
    5. Wen Gao & Xinhong Hei & Yichuan Wang, 2023. "The Data Privacy Protection Method for Hyperledger Fabric Based on Trustzone," Mathematics, MDPI, vol. 11(6), pages 1-16, March.
    6. Kai Lu & Alireza Khani & Baoming Han, 2018. "A Trip Purpose-Based Data-Driven Alighting Station Choice Model Using Transit Smart Card Data," Complexity, Hindawi, vol. 2018, pages 1-14, August.
    7. Dan Andrews & Filippos Petroulakis, 2017. "Breaking the Shackles: Zombie Firms, Weak Banks and Depressed Restructuring in Europe," OECD Economics Department Working Papers 1433, OECD Publishing.
    8. Muhammad Touseef Ikram & Muhammad Tanvir Afzal, 2019. "Aspect based citation sentiment analysis using linguistic patterns for better comprehension of scientific knowledge," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 119(1), pages 73-95, April.
    9. Kumar Bahadur Darjee & Prem Raj Neupane & Michael Köhl, 2023. "Proactive Adaptation Responses by Vulnerable Communities to Climate Change Impacts," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(14), pages 1-30, July.
    10. Lisa Soetekouw & Spyros Angelopoulos, 2024. "Digital Resilience Through Training Protocols: Learning To Identify Fake News On Social Media," Information Systems Frontiers, Springer, vol. 26(2), pages 459-475, April.
    11. Kiran Sharma, 2021. "Team size and retracted citations reveal the patterns of retractions from 1981 to 2020," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 126(10), pages 8363-8374, October.
    12. Yoshimi OKADA & Yusuke NAITO & Sadao NAGAOKA, 2016. "Contribution of Patent Examination to Making the Patent Scope Consistent with the Invention: Evidence from Japan," Discussion papers 16092, Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI).
    13. Mariam Camarero & Jesús Peiró-Palomino & Cecilio Tamarit, 2017. "External imbalances and growth," Working Papers 2017/02, Economics Department, Universitat Jaume I, Castellón (Spain).
    14. Dina A. Zaki & Mohamed Hamdy, 2022. "A Review of Electricity Tariffs and Enabling Solutions for Optimal Energy Management," Energies, MDPI, vol. 15(22), pages 1-17, November.
    15. Michael Bordo & Robert N. McCauley, 2017. "A Global Shortage of Safe Assets: A New Triffin Dilemma?," Atlantic Economic Journal, Springer;International Atlantic Economic Society, vol. 45(4), pages 443-451, December.
    16. Simon Cornée & Madeg Le Guernic & Damien Rousselière, 2020. "Governing Common-Property Assets: Theory and Evidence from Agriculture," Journal of Business Ethics, Springer, vol. 166(4), pages 691-710, November.
    17. Ebelechukwu Maduekwe & Walter Timo de Vries, 2019. "Random Spatial and Systematic Random Sampling Approach to Development Survey Data: Evidence from Field Application in Malawi," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(24), pages 1-27, December.
    18. Steff De Visscher & Markus Eberhardt & Gerdie Everaert, 2017. "Measuring productivity and absorptive capacity evolution," Discussion Papers 2017-11, University of Nottingham, GEP.
    19. Jeremy Foote, 2022. "A Systems Approach to Studying Online Communities," Media and Communication, Cogitatio Press, vol. 10(2), pages 29-40.
    20. Xavier Gabaix, 2017. "Behavioral Inattention," NBER Working Papers 24096, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.

    More about this item

    NEP fields

    This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:wbk:wbrwps:10675. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Roula I. Yazigi (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://edirc.repec.org/data/dvewbus.html .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.