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. 2014 Jul-Aug;89(4):609–615. doi: 10.1590/abd1806-4841.20143705

CHART 2.

Sample size calculation to estimate the frequency (prevalence) of sunscreen use in the population, considering different scenarios but keeping the significance level (95%) and the design effect (1.0) constant

Target population Prevalence (p) of outcome
Sunscreen use at work p=10%   Sunscreen use in sports p=35%   Sunscreen use at the beach p=50%
Acceptable Error 2 p.p.   Acceptable Error 5 p.p.   Acceptable Error 2 p.p. Acceptable Error 5 p.p. Acceptable Error 2 p.p. Acceptable Error 5 p.p.
Sample
Health center users investigated in a single day (population = 100) 90   59   96 78 97 80
All users in the area covered by a health center (population size = 1,000) 464   122   687 260 707 278
All users from the areas covered by all health centers in a city (population size = 10,000) 796   137   1794 338 1937 370
The entire city population (N = 40.000) 847   138   2072 347 2265 381

p.p.= percentage points