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. 2015 Jul 15;10(7):e0132850. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0132850

Table 4. Neyman stratification of Bo sections by “residential structures per section” and “persons per section.”.

Stratification variable: “residential structures per section” Stratification variable: “persons per section”
(1) Section (2) Residential structures per section (3) Persons per section (4) allocation = (1, 1, 1, 1) (5) allocation = (2, 1, 6, 1) (6) allocation = (1, 1, 1, 1) (7) allocation = (2, 1, 6, 1)
Roma 4 139 1 1 1 1
Moibawo Farm 17 135 1 1 1 1
Dodo 26 597 1 1 1 2
Bo Central 33 273 1 1 1 1
Toubu 34 454 1 1 1 2
Kpetewoma 46 640 1 2 1 2
Komende 56 1103 2 2 2 3
Salina 59 580 2 2 1 2
Reservation 66 637 2 2 1 2
Kindia Town 102 1160 2 3 2 3
Lewabu 105 879 2 3 2 3
New York 116 1088 3 3 2 3
Njai Town 127 2298 3 3 3 4
New Site south 136 1248 3 3 2 4
Tengbewabu 136 1068 3 3 2 3
Yemoh Town 152 1858 3 3 3 4
Kissi Town 154 2490 3 3 3 4
Kulanda Town 197 3882 4 4 4 4
Nduvuibu 205 2552 4 4 3 4
New London 208 2873 4 4 4 4

4-level Neyman stratification boundaries for the cluster (section) list stratified by the number of residential structures per section (cols. 4–5), and the number of persons per section (cols. 6–7). In practice, the latter may be unknown. An allocation of (1, 1, 1, 1) sections per stratum is optimal for a sample size of 4 sections, which was used in our examples. The (2, 1, 6, 1) allocation, shown for comparison, is optimal for a 10-section sample. See Table 3.