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. 2021 Jul 16;27(8):1385–1394. doi: 10.1038/s41591-021-01454-y

Table 3.

Summary of study sampling protocols

Study Date Geographic scope Sampling methodology Survey modality Weights
Burkina Faso 15 October to 4 December 2020 National RDD Phone Yes
Colombia 15–25 August 2020 National RDD Phone Yes
India 17 June 2020 to 18 January 2021 Subnational, slums in two cities Representative sample of slum dwellers living in the vicinity of a community toilet and located in Uttar Pradesh Phone Yes
Mozambique 30 October to 30 November 2020 Subnational, two cities (1) Random sample in urban and peri-urban markets stratified by gender and type of establishment in Maputo; (2) random sample representative of communities in the Cabo Delgado, stratified on urban, semi-urban and rural areas Phone No
Nepal 1–11 December 2020 Subnational, two districts Random sample of poor households from randomly selected villages in Kanchanpur Phone Yes
Nigeria 18 November to 18 December 2020 Subnational, one state (1) Random sample of individuals in Kaduna; (2) sample of phone numbers from a phone list of Kaduna state residents Phone No
Pakistan 1 24 July to 9 September 2020 Subnational, two districts Random sample of individuals in administrative police units in two districts of Punjab Phone Yes
Pakistan 2 2 September to 13 October 2020 Subnational, one province RDD on a random sample of all numerically possible mobile phone numbers in the region of Punjab Phone No
Russia 6 November to 1 December 2020 Subnational, 61 regions Sample recruited from the Russian online survey company OMI (Online Market Intelligence); sampling was targeted at having a minimum of 150 respondents per region, as well as representation of age, gender and education group Online Yes
Rwanda 22 October to 15 November 2020 National RDD Phone Yes
Sierra Leone 1 2–19 October 2020 National RDD Phone Yes
Sierra Leone 2 7 October 2020 to 20 January 2021 National Random sample of households in 195 rural towns across all 14 districts of Sierra Leone Phone No
Uganda 1 21 September to 6 December 2020 Subnational, 13 districts Sample of women in households from semi-rural and rural villages across 13 districts in Uganda, selected according to the likelihood of having children Phone No
Uganda 2 23 November to 12 December 2020 Subnational, one district Random sample of households in Kampala Phone No
United States 4–5 December 2020 National Nationwide sample of adult internet users recruited through the market research firm Lucid Online Yes

RDD, random digit dialing.