Survey of women’s report for 33 maternal and newborn indicators: EN-BIRTH multi-country validation study

Table 3 Estimated sample size required to measure coverage of kangaroo mother care in a national household survey

Households needed	Bangladesh	Nepal	Tanzania
5% Coverage	356,197	220,963	268,266
10% Coverage	168,725	104,667	127,074
25% Coverage	56,242	34,889	42,358
50% Coverage	18,747	11,630	14,119
75% Coverage	6249	3877	4706
Last DHS survey	19,457	11,040	12,563

\( \boldsymbol{n}=\frac{\mathbf{4}\left(\boldsymbol{r}\right)\left(\mathbf{1}-\boldsymbol{r}\right)\left(\boldsymbol{f}\right)\left(\mathbf{1}.\mathbf{1}\right)}{\left(\mathbf{0.12}{\boldsymbol{r}}^{\mathbf{2}}\right)\left(\boldsymbol{p}\right)\left({\boldsymbol{n}}_{\boldsymbol{h}}\right)} \)
where:r= predicted coverage
f = design effect = 1.5
p= population proportion of target group (under 5 years and under 2000 g)
n_h= household size

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