[Sample survey: methodology and findings]

The 1995 Morocco Sample Survey on Population and Health (EPPS) included 4753 women aged 15-49. The sample was a subsample of the Second National Survey on Population and Health (1992) (ENPS-II). The survey encountered two major problems: sample loss (i.e. women interviewed in 1992 but not found in 1995) and introduction of changes to the population as time passed. 71.9% of women interviewed in 1992 were successfully reinterviewed in 1995. The reinterview rate increased to 77.5% for married women. It was highest in rural areas the Tensift and South regions and illiterate women. The comparisons between fertility and mortality rates of the ENPS-II and those from EPPS confirmed the consistency of the findings and good data quality for both studies. The number of infant deaths by year of birth were somewhat higher in the EPPS than in ENPS-II. 7% of infant deaths were mentioned in one survey but not in the other survey most of which were omitted in ENPS-II. Agreement was good between the two surveys for number of surviving children by year of birth however. The total fertility rate for women aged 15-49 was 4.5 for both surveys. Irregularities in age-specific fertility rates were rare. Most women not using contraception in 1992 who intended to use contraception in the future (>60-85%) had indeed used contraception during 1992-1995. Predictors of intention to use contraception were urban residence and secondary education or higher.