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Measurement Challenges in Designing and Conducting Surveys on Urban Population: Experience from Bangladesh Urban Health Surveys

Gustavo Angeles, Department of Maternal and Child Health, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina, USA
Karar Zunaid Ahsan, Public Health Leadership Program, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina, USA
Siân Louise Curtis, Department of Maternal and Child Health, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina, USA
John Spencer, MEASURE Evaluation, Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina, USA
Peter Kim Streatfield, Health System and Population Studies Division (HSPSD), International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), Dhaka, Bangladesh
Nitai Chakraborty, Department of Statistics, Biostatistics & Informatics, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Paul Brodish, MEASURE Evaluation, Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina, USA


Urban populations in low- and middle-income countries are diverse in their health profiles and socioeconomic characteristics, and intra-urban differentials in health are in many cases even larger than those between urban and rural areas. Most existing household sample surveys implemented globally cannot provide required information on health outcomes, health-related behaviors, and health infrastructure specific to cities in regular intervals, particularly for sub-populations within urban areas. In this paper, we discussed some of the challenges for designing and conducting household surveys in urban areas to capture key health outcomes and service utilization indicators. Based on our experience in implementing the 2006 …

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