Table 1 Sampling framework and approach for recruiting women for the study
Multi-stage sampling procedure | 1st stage | 2nd stage | 3rd stage | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Randomly selected districts, by stratification of region | → | Suraj providers/centres having healthy client flow in July 2010, December 2009 and Jan 2009 | → | Number of clients availed IUCD services in Jul 2010, Dec 2009, and Jan 2009 from the 39 selected providers | → | Random selection of clients from a list after stratification by type of client | |
Selection at each stage | Nine (9) districts out of 18 districts | Thirty nine (39) Suraj providers from 52 | All 4011 IUCD clients (R-2013; V-1998) | 3000 were selected (R-1347; V-1653) |