Table A: [Confidence limits] 95% confidence limits for estimates, based on SHS sub-samples sizes

Table A: [Confidence limits] 95% confidence limits for estimates, based on SHS sub-samples sizes

Sub-sample size (=100%) Estimate
5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40% 45%  
or or or or or or or or or  
95% 90% 85% 80% 75% 70% 65% 60% 55% 50%
                  percentage points  ( + / - )
50 6.9 9.6 11.4 12.8 13.8 14.6 15.2 15.6 15.9 15.9
100 4.9 6.8 8.0 9.0 9.8 10.3 10.8 11.0 11.2 11.3
200 3.5 4.8 5.7 6.4 6.9 7.3 7.6 7.8 7.9 8.0
300 2.8 3.9 4.6 5.2 5.6 6.0 6.2 6.4 6.5 6.5
400 2.5 3.4 4.0 4.5 4.9 5.2 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.6
500 2.2 3.0 3.6 4.0 4.4 4.6 4.8 4.9 5.0 5.0
600 2.0 2.8 3.3 3.7 4.0 4.2 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.6
700 1.9 2.6 3.0 3.4 3.7 3.9 4.1 4.2 4.2 4.3
800 1.7 2.4 2.8 3.2 3.5 3.7 3.8 3.9 4.0 4.0
900 1.6 2.3 2.7 3.0 3.3 3.4 3.6 3.7 3.7 3.8
1,000 1.6 2.1 2.5 2.9 3.1 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.5 3.6
1,200 1.4 2.0 2.3 2.6 2.8 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.2 3.3
1,400 1.3 1.8 2.2 2.4 2.6 2.8 2.9 3.0 3.0 3.0
1,600 1.2 1.7 2.0 2.3 2.4 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.8 2.8
1,800 1.2 1.6 1.9 2.1 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.6 2.7
2,000 1.1 1.5 1.8 2.0 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.5 2.5
2,500 1.0 1.4 1.6 1.8 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.3
3,000 0.9 1.2 1.5 1.6 1.8 1.9 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.1
3,500 0.8 1.1 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.9 1.9
4,000 0.8 1.1 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.7 1.8 1.8
5,000 0.7 1.0 1.1 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.6
6,000 0.6 0.9 1.0 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.5
7,000 0.6 0.8 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3
8,000 0.5 0.8 0.9 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.3
9,000 0.5 0.7 0.8 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.2
10,000 0.5 0.7 0.8 0.9 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1
12,000 0.4 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 0.9 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
14,000 0.4 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 1.0
16,000 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.9
18,000 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8
20,000 0.3 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8
25,000 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7
30,000 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.7
35,000 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6
40,000 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6
45,000 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
50,000 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5

e.g. an estimate of 55% that is based on a sample of 800 has 95% confidence limits of 55% ± 3.9% points

2019 Design factor = 1.15

Formula used is CI = 100*1.15 x 1.96 x SQRT((% x (1-%)) / n )

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