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Table 1 Number of surveys by location, country and exclusion criteria

From: Parameters associated with design effect of child anthropometry indicators in small-scale field surveys

Location Country Initial number of surveys Number excluded due to SS <196 Number excluded due to <25 clusters Number excluded due to SS >1500 Final number of surveys
Americas Bolivia 1 0 0 0 1
  Guatemala 1 0 0 0 1
  Haiti 13 0 0 0 13
Central/Southern Africa Angola 1 0 0 0 1
  Central African Republic 9 0 0 0 9
  Madagascar 1 0 0 0 1
  Chad 17 0 0 0 17
Democratic Republic of Congoa   129 0 3 0 126
East Africa Burundib 4 2 1 0 2
  Ethiopia 6 0 0 0 6
  Kenya 26 0 0 0 26
  Somalia 4 0 0 0 4
  South Sudan 6 0 0 0 6
  Uganda 18 0 0 6 12
Middle East Pakistan 12 0 0 1 11
  Afghanistan 9 0 0 0 9
South Asia Bangladesh 16 0 0 0 16
  India 1 0 0 0 1
  Myanmar 7 0 0 0 7
  Nepal 8 1 0 0 7
  Philippines 4 0 0 0 4
Sudana   69 0 1 0 68
West Africa Burkina Faso 5 0 0 0 5
  Guinea 5 0 0 0 5
  Mali 8 0 0 0 8
  Mauritania 2 0 0 0 2
  Niger 11 0 0 0 11
  Sierra Leone 1 0 0 0 1
Total   394 3b 5b 7 380
  1. aDemocratic Republic of Congo and Sudan had a much larger number of surveys than any other countries and were kept separate from larger regional groupings
  2. bOne survey had both fewer than 25 clusters and fewer than 150 children and was counted twice in the exclusion columns but only once in the initial and final numbers of surveys columns
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