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Tob Control doi:10.1136/tc.2009.029900
  • Supplement

Methods of the International Tobacco Control (ITC) China Survey

  1. Changbao Wu1,
  2. Mary E Thompson1,
  3. Geoffrey T Fong1,
  4. Yuan Jiang2,
  5. Yan Yang2,
  6. Guoze Feng2,
  7. Qiang Li1
  1. 1 University of Waterloo, Canada;
  2. 2 Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Canada
  1. * Corresponding author; email: cbwu{at}uwaterloo.ca
  • Received 4 February 2009
  • Accepted 1 July 2009
  • Published Online First 30 July 2009

Abstract

This paper describes the design features, data collection methods and analytic strategies of the ITC China Survey, a prospective cohort study of 800 adult smokers and 200 adult non-smokers in each of six cities in China. In addition to features and methods which are common to ITC surveys in other countries, the ITC China Survey possesses unique features in frame construction, a large first phase data enumeration, and sampling selection; and it uses special techniques and measures in training, field work organization and quality control. It also faces technical challenges in sample selection and weight calculation when some selected upper level clusters need to be replaced by new ones due to massive relocation exercises within the cities.

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