Sentence examples for informant sample from inspiring English sources

For the household survey, 25% of participants were from high/moderate-risk communities, 25% from acceptable-risk communities, and 50% from low-risk communities; the key informant sample from within Syria was similarly structured and drawn from the same communities included in the household survey (Fig. 1).

The representativeness of our GP informant sample therefore requires consideration, thought the current study does not claim that our findings regarding the capacity issues that may affect a primary care-based intervention for chronic viral hepatitis are representative of all GP practices that may be approached to deliver such an intervention.

Table  1 summarises the informant samples sizes from both studies.

The 'Key Informant' sampling methodology was adopted [ 9], since there is no population base to draw from for any kind of random or stratified sampling.

A limitation in our key informant sampling was the small number of private recruitment agencies, many of which were reluctant to be interviewed.

Second sampling units (households) and informant sampling units (one individual per household) were selected randomly until a proportional representation of strata by gender and decennial age groups was achieved.

The diversity in roles and responsibilities of informants sampled, differences in country context, and the very nature of semi-structured in-depth interviews, all provided rich variation across informants and countries.

All guardians of HIV-infected children were recruited through a mix of purposeful, snowball (using village community health workers) and opportunistic (self-selected informants) sampling, and in so doing actively sought to identify and recruit some elderly guardians.

A total of 26 informants were sampled from across the study villages.

Informants were sampled to target front line staff who would be expected to identify and manage suspected cases of childhood TB as part of their daily work.

In previous epidemiological surveys and clinical studies, estimation of headaches in children and adolescents has been carried out by means of different assessment methods, the use of various informant sources and sample types.