title: Using multiple frames in health surveys.
abstract: In this paper, we look at a unified approach to estimation in multiple frame surveys that enables the analysis to be handled with standard survey software. We investigate how the approach performs with data from the Auckland Diabetes, Heart and Health Survey, a dual frame survey looking at risk factors for cardiovascular disease with special attention to Maori and Pacific Island people and to older people. The results suggest that the use of multiple frames might be useful in other surveys where good estimates are wanted for both the whole population and particular subgroups at the same time.
authors.affiliation: Department of Statistics, The University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland, New Zealand.
authors.forename: Patricia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Metcalf
authors.forename: Alastair
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Scott
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001699:Biometry / Q000379:methods*; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D016014:Linear Models; D008297:Male; D009520:New Zealand / Q000453:epidemiology; D010139:Pacific Islands / Q000453:epidemiology; D012307:Risk Factors; D012984:Software