Using individual data from a large sample of metropolitan areas, Simon and Tamura (2009) showed that, over time and across metropolitan areas, fertility was lower in more expensive housing markets (Simon and Tamura, 2009).
The survey-takers were a representative sample of metropolitan Boston, New York City and the rest of the United States.
Financial support for families from regional areas will be made available to allow equity of access to the program and a representative sample of children from metropolitan, outer metropolitan and rural/regional/remote areas.
Person et al. [ 8] assessed the prevalence of MDD six months after September 11 terrorist attacks in a representative sample of the metropolitan area of New York.
A final sample of 62 metropolitan and 14 rural GPs and specialists were recruited to the study.
For diversity of opinion on the research question a purposive, convenience, sample of 21 metropolitan first-time mothers self-selected to participate.
In each metropolitan area, a population-based sample of approximately 1,000 individuals aged 40 years or older is being interviewed using standardized questionnaires.
The South Australian Health Omnibus Survey is a systematic, self-weighting, multistage, clustered area sample of the metropolitan area and regional centres with a population greater than 1,000.
A purposive, convenience, sample of 21 metropolitan parents recruited through advertising at local playgroups and childcare centres, and electronically through the University community email list self-selected to participate.
A recent study by Padela and Heisler [6] considered the relation between discrimination and mental health among a representative sample of AAs in metropolitan Detroit and found that self-reported experiences of discrimination were associated with higher levels of psychological distress [6].
