Table 1

Example of Implicit Stratification

Sampling frame of 14 hypothetical refugee camps in the sampling universe (date of establishment)
Population
Clusters allocated by PPS (total n = 60)
Implicit stratification pairs for analysis (n=30)

Explicit stratum 1: No food distributions during recall period
42 000
27

Camp Romeo (May 2003)
12 000
8 (c1†-c8)
P1.1‡ (c1,c2), P1.2 (c3,c4), P1.3 (c5,c6), P1.4 (c7,c8)
Camp Delta (July 2003)
8000
5 (c9-c13)
P1.5 (c9,c10), P1.6 (c11,c12)
Camp Tango (January 2004)
3000
2 (c14-c15)
P1.7 (c13,c14)
Camp Whiskey (May 2004)
6000
4 (c16-c19)
P1.8 (c15,c16), P1.9 (c17,c18)
Camp Alpha (November 2004)
4000
3 (c20-c22)
P1.10 (c19,c20), P1.11 (c21,c22)
Camp Charlie (February 2005)
9000
5 (c23-c27)
P1.12 (c23,c24), P1.13 (c25,c26,c27)

Explicit stratum 2: One food distribution during recall period
27 000
17

Camp November (March 2003)
2000
1 (c28)
P2.1 (c28,c29)
Camp India (April 2003)
8000
5 (c29-c33)
P2.2 (c30, c31), P2.3 (c32,c33)
Camp Victor (August 2003)
7000
4 (c34-37)
P2.4 (c34,c35), P2.5 (c36,c37)
Camp Oscar (June 2004)
10 000
7 (c38-c44)
P2.6 (c38,c39), P2.7 (c40,c41), P2.8 (c42,c43,c44)

Explicit stratum 3: Two food distributions during recall period
26 000
16

Camp Bravo (April 2003)
6000
4 (c45-c48)
P3.1 (c45,c46), P3.2 (c47,c48)
Camp Sierra (November 2003)
1000
1 (c49)
P3.3 (c49,c50)
Camp Foxtrot (March 2004)
3000
2 (c50-c51)
P3.4 (c51, c52)
Camp Uniform (December 2004)
16 000
9 (c52-c60)
P3.5 (c53,c54), P3.6 (c55,c56), P3.7 (c57,c58), P3.8(c59,c60)

† c1 = cluster 1, c2 = cluster 2, etc. ‡P1.1 = explicit stratum 1, implicit pair 1, etc.

Working Group for Mortality Estimation in Emergencies Emerging Themes in Epidemiology 2007 4:9   doi:10.1186/1742-7622-4-9