Adapting chain referral methods to sample new migrants: Possibilities and limitations

Adapting chain referral methods to sample new migrants: Possibilities and limitations

<b>Background</b>: Demographic research on migration requires representative samples of migrant populations. Yet recent immigrants, who are particularly informative about current migrant flows, are difficult to capture even in specialist surveys. Respondent-driven sampling (RDS), a chain...

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Main Authors: Lucinda Platt, Renee Luthra, Tom Frere-Smith
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research 2015-09-01
Series:Demographic Research
Subjects:
hard-to-reach samples
immigrant networks
integration
new immigrants
non-response
RDS
surveys
Online Access:http://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol33/24/

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