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. 2012 Jun 7;12:415. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-415

Table 3.

Results of the clustered lot quality assurance sampling surveys*to monitor measles vaccination coverage before the end of the campaign, Sierra Leone, November 2009

District Lot N Vaccination Card-Verified§
Verbal History
U D SE U D SE
Western Area Rural
1
50
4
A
0.04
0
A
0.00
Western Area Urban
2
50
7
A
0.07
0
A
0.00
Kambia
3
50
1
A
0.02
0
A
0.00
4
50
2
A
0.02
0
A
0.00
District Total
100
3
A
0.02
0
A
0.00
Koinadugu
5
50
11
R
0.07
1
A
0.02
6
50
16
R
0.18
8
R
0.07
District Total
100
27
R
0.09
9
A
0.03
Port Loko
7
50
18
R
0.21
15
R
0.16
8
50
5
A
0.06
5
A
0.06
9
50
11
R
0.15
10
R
0.15
District Total
150
34
R
0.09
30
R
0.08
Tonkolili
10
50
1
A
0.02
0
A
0.00
11
50
2
A
0.04
2
A
0.04
12
50
1
A
0.02
0
A
0.00
District Total
150
3
A
0.02
2
A
0.01
Bombali
13
50
6
A
0.06
1
A
0.02
Kenema
14
50
1
A
0.02
0
A
0.00
Kono
15
50
0
A
0.00
0
A
0.00
Kailahun
16
50
3
A
0.04
3
A
0.04
Moyamba
17
50
5
A
0.04
5
A
0.04
Bonthe
18
50
8
R
0.14
8
R
0.14
Bo
19
50
5
A
0.05
0
A
0.00
Pujehun 20 50 2 A 0.02 2 A 0.02

N: sample size; U: number of Unvaccinated in the sample; D: Decision; A: Accepted; R: Rejected; SE: Standard Error of the distribution of the vaccination variable between the clusters in the lots.

* Sampling plans used: UT = 90% and LT = 75%, with d = 7 when N = 50 (5x10); d = 15 when N = 100 (10x10); d = 25 when N = 150 (15x10).

§ Used to take operational decisions in the field before the end of the campaign.