Advantages and challenges of using census and multiplier methods to estimate the number of female sex workers in a Chinese city

@article{Zhang2007AdvantagesAC,
  title={Advantages and challenges of using census and multiplier methods to estimate the number of female sex workers in a Chinese city},
  author={Dapeng Zhang and L. Wang and Fan Lv and Wenyi Su and Y Liu and Runan Shen and Peng Bi},
  journal={AIDS Care},
  year={2007},
  volume={19},
  pages={17 - 19}
}
Abstract Using census and multiplier methods to estimate the size of the population of female sex workers (FSWs) in a small city in western China, this study compared the advantages and challenges of the two methods. It was estimated that there were about 1,500 FSWs within the urban area using the census method, which was significantly lower than that estimated by the multiplier method (2,500). Each method has advantages and limitations, and could be applied to different situations. The census… 
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