survey statistics

Worldwide Population Estimates for Small Geographic Areas: Can We Do A Better Job?

This chapter discusses the basis for these population estimates, scope, and limitations based on experiences in development of massive global population datasets and usage of these datasets as a basis for sampling design. It presents tools and …

Toward Model-Generated Household Listing in Low- and Middle-Income Countries Using Deep Learning

While governments, researchers, and NGOs are exploring ways to leverage big data sources for sustainable development, household surveys are still a critical source of information for dozens of the 232 indicators for the Sustainable Development Goals …

Residential scene classification for gridded population sampling in developing countries using deep convolutional neural networks on satellite imagery

Conducting surveys in low- and middle-income countries is often challenging because many areas lack a complete sampling frame, have outdated census information, or have limited data available for designing and selecting a representative sample. …