Publication
Sampling and surveying hard-to-reach populations for demographic research. A study of female labor migrants in Moskow, Russia
Demographic Research, 2012
URL, JabRef BibTex, Abstract
Demographic Research, 2012
URL, JabRef BibTex, Abstract
Because household-based survey designs are notoriously ineffective in studying hard-to-reach groups such as irregular migrants, these groups, however numerically large they may be, are rarely represented in demographic analyses. In this article, we report on the application of a workplace-based stratified probability sampling design (a variant of the time-location sampling approach), response rate, and item-specific refusals in a study of irregular female migrants from Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan working in bazaars, eateries, and small retail outlets in Moscow, Russia. We argue that the workplace-based survey approach, while not flawless, provides a uniquely feasible and cost-effective tool for studying irregular migrants and similar hard-to-reach populations in metropolitan settings.
Reference
@article{Agadjanian2012,
author = {Agadjanian, V. and Zotova, N.},
title = {Sampling and surveying hard-to-reach populations for demographic research. A study of female labor migrants in Moskow, Russia},
year = {2012},
journal = {Demographic Research},
volume = {26},
pages = {131-150},
url = {http://www.demographic-research.org/Volumes/Vol26/5/26-5.pdf},
timestamp = {16.04.2012},
owner = {Barbuscia},
abstract = {Because household-based survey designs are notoriously ineffective in studying hard-to-reach groups such as irregular migrants, these groups, however numerically large they may be, are rarely represented in demographic analyses. In this article, we report on the application of a workplace-based stratified probability sampling design (a variant of the time-location sampling approach), response rate, and item-specific refusals in a study of irregular female migrants from Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan working in bazaars, eateries, and small retail outlets in Moscow, Russia. We argue that the workplace-based survey approach, while not flawless, provides a uniquely feasible and cost-effective tool for studying irregular migrants and similar hard-to-reach populations in metropolitan settings.}
}