Measuring a hidden population: A novel technique to estimate the population size of women with sexual violence-related pregnancies in South Kivu Province, Democratic Republic of Congo
Estimating the size of hidden populations often relies on difficult to obtain data. Respondent-driven sampling (RDS) is often used to sample hidden populations. RDS collects data on recruitment and social network size. We introduce a method (SS-PSE) to estimate population sizes using RDS data. SS-PSE reduces the cost and effort of estimating the size of hidden populations.