Health and human rights in eastern Myanmar prior to political transition: a population-based assessment using multistaged household cluster sampling

Table 1 Target population, number of clusters and households surveyed, and basic demographic indicators

Sample** characteristic	Indicator
Target population	325,094
Number of clusters sampled	253*
Number of clusters reached	200*
Total households planned	7,500*
Total households reached	5,748*
Total consenting households	5,592*
Response rate	97.3%*
Mean household size	5.1**
Population <5 years old (%)	16.9**
Population <15 years old (%)	42.5**
Population >65 years old (%)	2.3**
Male to female ratio (all ages)	0.980**
Male to female ratio (15–25 years)	0.896**
Male to female ratio (15–45 years)	0.929**

*The initial protocol planned to survey 8,130 households; 7,500 households remained in the sampling frame following exclusion of 630 households located in in 21 IDP camp clusters. Results reported in this manuscript are limited to data from non-camp populations. See text for additional information.
**Results weighted using design and post-stratification weights.

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