Skip to main content

Table 2 The study sample calculation strategy

From: COVID-19 epidemiological, sociological and anthropological investigation: study protocol for a multidisciplinary mixed methods research in Burkina Faso

Age and gender groups

Average number of people per household

Average number of households per EA* in the study cities

Number of EA needed for the study

Estimated number of people in the selected EA

Estimated number of people to contact

Estimated number of people to select in each EA

Estimated number of people needed after round 1

Estimated number of people needed after round 2

Estimated number of people needed after round 3

Estimated number of people needed after round 4

Men and women aged 60 and over

0.15

220

160

5280

4393

28

1318

922

646

452

Men aged 19 to 59

1.26

220

160

44,352

4393

28

1318

922

646

452

Women aged 19 to 59

1.10

220

160

38,720

4393

28

1318

922

646

452

Teenagers aged 15 to 18

0.51

220

160

17,952

2152

14

0

0

646

452

Teenagers aged 10 to 14

0.61

220

160

21,472

2152

14

0

0

646

452

Total

   

127,776

17,483

112

3953

2767

3229

2260

  1. EA* Enumeration Area