Sampling and Surveying Hard-to-Reach Populations for Demographic Research

Victor Agadjanian and Natalya Zotova
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Victor Agadjanian: University of California, Los Angeles
Natalya Zotova: Russian Academy of Sciences

Demographic Research, 2012, vol. 26, issue 5, 131-150

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 paper, we report on the application of a workplace-based stratified probability sampling design, response rate, and item-specific refusals in a recent study of irregular female migrants from Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan working in bazaars, eateries, and small retail outlets in Moscow, Russia. We argue that workplace-based survey, while not flawless, provides a uniquely feasible and cost-effective tool for studying irregular migrants and other marginalized groups.

Keywords: Central Asia; migration; Russia; sampling; survey methodology (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J1 Z0 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2012.26.5

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