Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Pamukkale University Journal of Social Sciences Institute, sa.51, ss.257-274, 2022 (Hakemli Dergi)
Respondent selection procedures are utilized to choose a particular respondent in surveys. In the 2013 Turkey Demographic
and Health Survey (2013 Turkey DHS), all women who meet the eligibility criteria were interviewed according to standard
regulations of the International DHS Program. Simulating the application of different methods, this study mainly asks “How
would main indicators produced in 2013 Turkey DHS differ with the implementation of various respondent choice strategies?”.
The selection procedures include two probabilistic methods, two quasi-probabilistic methods, and four non-probabilistic
methods. This study advanced that although interviewing all eligible women in 2013 Turkey DHS appears to be reasonable,
providing estimates that are close to survey results, is also conceivable through the execution of selection methods. When
the mean of total deviations is considered with their confidence intervals, probabilistic and quasi-probabilistic selection
techniques have produced much better estimates with minimal deviations from the confidence intervals of the population
values.