The French National Survey on Indoor Air Quality: sample survey design

F. Golliot, I. Annesi-Maesano, M.C. Delmas, F. Dor, Y. Le Moullec, L. Mosqueron, V.Nedellec, J. Ribéron, G. Salines, S. Kirchner
indoor air quality, measurement, residential building, survey
Year:
2003
Bibliographic info:
Healthy Buildings 2003 - Proceedings 7th International Conference (7th-11th December 2003) - National University of Singapore - Vol. 3, pp 712-717, 2 Fig., 7 Ref.

A nationwide survey on indoor air quality will be set up in France in 2003-2004. The aim ofthe survey is to assess household exposure to indoor air pollutants. The target population isthe national housing stock of approximately 24 million permanently occupied housing units.A nationally representative sample of dwellings will be selected based on a three-stagesampling design. At the first stage, the Primary Sampling Units (PSUs) are categorized basedon French territorial divisions. The second stage of the design is the sampling of segmentswithin the PSUs. The third stage consists in registering eligible dwellings within each segment.In such a design, each housing unit has an equal probability of selection.

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