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. 2021 Aug 31;18(17):9213. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18179213

Table 2.

Data sources (18+).

WHO Region ˆ AFRO AMRO SEARO SEARO SEARO EURO WRPO
Dataset name (Country of origin) Cameroon Guatemala India Maldives Nepal Turkey Vanuatu
Place, date Fundong Health District (North West), 2013 National, 2016 Mahbubnagar District, Telengana State, 2014 National, 2017 Tanahun District, 2016 Sultanbeyli district Istanbul, Turkey 2019 SANMA and TORBA province, 2019
Sampling Strategy Two stage Cluster Sampling, Clusters of 80 Two stage Cluster Sampling, Clusters of 50 Two stage Cluster Sampling, Clusters of 80 Two stage Cluster Sampling, Clusters of 125 Two stage Cluster Sampling, Clusters of 200 Syrian refugees only: 80 clusters of 50 people selected from the municipality refugee database with probability proportionate to size Full population census
WG modules ESF ESF ESF SS-E SS-E SS-E LFS-DM
Anxiety and depression questions only asked if self-report, not proxy
WG respondent Self unless unable to communicate, no proxy if unavailable Self unless unable to communicate or if unavailable after 2 visits Self unless unable to communicate, no proxy if unavailable Self unless unable to communicate or if unavailable after 3 or more attempts Self unless unable to communicate or if unavailable after 3 or more attempts Self unless unable to communicate, no proxy if unavailable Self unless unable to communicate or if unavailable (after 2 attempts where feasible)
% WG completed by proxy 0 8.5% 0 36.8% 6.4% 0 24.7%
Assistive products Use of glasses, hearing aids and mobility products reported separately Use of glasses, hearing aids and mobility products reported separately Use of glasses, hearing aids and mobility products reported separately Use of glasses, hearing aids and mobility products reported separately Use of glasses, hearing aids and mobility products reported separately Use of glasses and hearing aids reported separately Included within vision and hearing question
Total Sample (response rate%) 3567 (87%) 13,073 (88%) 3574 (88%) 5362 (82%) 5692 (95%) 3084 (77%) 56,402 (85%)
Sub-sample size (complete data%) 1617 (96%) 8910 (85%) 2350 (99%) 3592 (100%) 4067 (100%) 1554 (99.7%) 31,362 (100%)
Average age (years), range 44.5 (18–99) 38.7 (18–100) 39.2 (18–98) 39.4 (18–102) 43.0 (18–96) 34.8 (18–90) 37.7 (18–115)
% Female 70% 54% 54% 58.0% 57.7% 56.3% 49%

ˆ WHO Regional Abbreviations: Africa (AFRO), Americas (AMRO), Eastern Mediterranean (EMRO), Europe (EURO), South-East Asia (SEARO), Western Pacific (WPRO) In each case, this included selection of enumeration areas (clusters) from most recent Census with Probability Proportionate to Size (PPS), followed by modified Compact Segment Sampling (CSS) within clusters until pre-determined number of participants per cluster enumerated without replacement. Sample substantially different to census, age-sex adjusted estimates presented.