The authors discuss the impact of changing behavior patterns on methods of data collection and analysis in the Netherlands. Section 2 starts with a historic overview of the emergence of population statistics. Section 3 deals with the interrelation between societal changes and reorientations from the 1960s to the 1990s. In Section 4 an overview is given of recent developments. DHS Methodological Report, No. 2, Jan 1994.
Survey methodology can have a substantial impact on data quality.
This report deals with issues of health data quality in the DHS surveys. Although considerable experience has been gained in the use of fertility and family planning questions, the addition of health questions to a cross-sectional survey was relatively new. Separate consideration is given to data on births, maternity care, child immunization, child morbidity, breast-feeding, anthropometric status of children, and causes of child mortality. Population Statistics Reprint, No. 5, 1993. It also contains a register on the articles and communications published in the first eight volumes of Netherlands Official Statistics.