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Activity Number:
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253
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Type:
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Contributed
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Date/Time:
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Tuesday, August 8, 2006 : 8:30 AM to 10:20 AM
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Sponsor:
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Section on Survey Research Methods
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| Abstract - #307337 |
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Title:
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Methods for Birth Cohort Analysis for the National Immunization Survey
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Author(s):
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Phil Smith*+ and Kirk Wolter and James Singleton
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Companies:
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and National Opinion Research Center and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Address:
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2816 Summercrest Lane, Duluth, GA, 30096,
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Keywords:
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birth cohort ; cross-sectional survey ; survey weight
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Abstract:
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The National Immunization Survey (NIS) is a cross-sectional survey conducted annually to estimate vaccination coverage in a target population of children 19-35 months of age. Annual estimates of vaccination coverage have traditionally been obtained using the sample of children obtained from a calendar-year sample. Each annual calendar-year sample includes several different birth cohorts. Also, each birth cohort may have different vaccination coverage at a specific age because they can experience different temporal events before that age that affects vaccination coverage, such as a vaccine shortage. In our paper we describe methods for combining data from several NIS calendar-year samples to estimate vaccination uptake for birth cohorts.
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