Capture-recapture for estimating the size of the female sex worker population in three cities in Cote d'Ivoire and in Kisumu, western Kenya Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde
Objective To estimate the female sex worker population size in three cities in Cote d'Ivoire and in Kisumu, Kenya.
Methods Capture-recapture was used, calculating size estimates by first 'tagging' a number of individuals and, through an independent recapture, calculating the proportion of overlap. The same procedures were used in all four cities. In the first phase, members of the target population were 'captured' and 'marked' by giving ...
Methods Capture-recapture was used, calculating size estimates by first 'tagging' a number of individuals and, through an independent recapture, calculating the proportion of overlap. The same procedures were used in all four cities. In the first phase, members of the target population were 'captured' and 'marked' by giving ...