Trial reportPopulation studies2021
Errors in reported ages and dates in surveys of adult mortality: A record linkage study in Niakhar (Senegal).
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- Improving retrospective data on recent household deaths: a multi-arm randomized trial in Guinea-Bissau.International journal of epidemiology · 2025Trial
- Estimating Adult and Old Age Mortality From Parental Survival Histories Collected Over the Phone: A Validation Study From Bangladesh.Tropical medicine & international health : TM & IH · 2026Article
- A new method for estimating recent adult mortality from summary sibling histories.Population health metrics · 2024Article
- High SARS-CoV-2 seroincidence but low excess COVID mortality in Sierra Leone in 2020-2022.PLOS global public health · 2024Article
- Adult mortality patterns in Yemen before and during armed conflict: evidence from a web survey of the global diaspora.Conflict and health · 2023Article
- Examining sex differences in the completeness of Peruvian CRVS data and adult mortality estimates.Genus · 2022Article
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- An Assessment of Third-Party Reporting of Close Ties to Measure Sensitive Behaviors: The Confidante Method to Measure Abortion Incidence in Ethiopia and Uganda.Studies in family planning · 2021Article
- Adult death registration in Matlab, rural Bangladesh: completeness, correlates, and obstacles.Genus · 2021Article
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Abstract
Sibling survival histories are a major source of adult mortality estimates in countries with incomplete death registration. We evaluate age and date reporting errors in sibling histories collected during a validation study in the Niakhar Health and Demographic Surveillance System (Senegal). Participants were randomly assigned to either the Demographic and Health Survey questionnaire or a questionnaire incorporating an event history calendar, recall cues, and increased probing strategies. We linked 60-62 per cent of survey reports of siblings to the reference database using manual and probabilistic approaches. Both questionnaires showed high sensitivity (>96 per cent) and specificity (>97 per cent) in recording siblings' vital status. Respondents underestimated the age of living siblings, and age at and time since death of deceased siblings. These reporting errors introduced downward biases in mortality estimates. The revised questionnaire improved reporting of age of living siblings but not of age at or timing of deaths.
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