Surveying Migrant Households : A Comparison of Census-Based, Snowball, and Intercept Point Surveys

Surveying Migrant Households : A Comparison of Census-Based, Snowball, and Intercept Point Surveys

Few representative surveys of households of migrants exist, limiting the analysis of the effects of international migration on sending families. This paper reports the results of an experiment designed to compare the performance of three alternativ...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: McKenzie, David J., Mistiaen, Johan
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
ADMINISTRATIVE RECORDS
BENEFITS OF MIGRATION
BIASES
CASE STUDY
CENSUSES
CITIES
CITIZENS
CONSEQUENCES OF MIGRATION
COUNTRIES OF DESTINATION
CULTURAL CHANGE
DATA COLLECTION
DEMOGRAPHY
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH GROUP
DISTRICTS
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS
EDUCATION LEVEL
EDUCATION LEVELS
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
EQUALITY
ETHNIC GROUP
ETHNIC MINORITIES
ETHNIC MINORITY
ETHNICITY
FAMILIES
FAMILY MEMBERS
FIRST GENERATION
GENDER
GLOBAL COMMISSION
GLOBAL COMMISSION ON INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION
HEALTH CARE
HOSPITAL
HOUSEHOLD LEVEL
HOUSEHOLD SIZE
HOUSEHOLD SURVEY
HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
HUMAN POPULATIONS
IMMIGRANT
IMMIGRANT WOMEN
IMMIGRANTS
IMMIGRATION
IMMIGRATION LAW
IMMIGRATION REFORM
INTERNATIONAL BANK
INTERNATIONAL MIGRANTS
INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION
INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION REVIEW
INTERVIEWING
INTERVIEWS
LABOR MARKETS
LEGAL MIGRANTS
LIVING STANDARDS
LIVING STANDARDS MEASUREMENT
LOCAL COMMUNITY
MARITAL STATUS
MEDIA
MIGRANT
MIGRANT-SENDING COUNTRIES
MIGRANTS
MIGRATION PROCESS
MIGRATION STATISTICS
MINORITY
MINORITY HOUSEHOLDS
MINORITY POPULATION
NATIONAL SURVEYS
NATIONALS
NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS
NUMBER OF PEOPLE
OPEN MARKETS
POLICY RESEARCH
POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER
POPULATION ASSOCIATION
POPULATION CENSUS
POPULATION ESTIMATES
POPULATION GROWTH
POPULATION RESEARCH
POTENTIAL MIGRANTS
PROGRESS
QUESTIONNAIRE
QUESTIONNAIRES
RADIO
RECEIPT
REMITTANCE
REMITTANCES
RESEARCH METHODS
RESPECT
RETURN MIGRATION
SAMPLE SIZE
SAVINGS
SEX
SOCIAL PROBLEMS
SOCIAL SUPPORT
SOCIETY
SPOUSE
STANDARD ERRORS
STRATIFIED SAMPLING
SURVEY COST
SURVEY DESIGN
SURVEY METHODOLOGIES
SURVEY METHODOLOGY
SURVEY RESEARCH
SURVEY RESULTS
SURVEY SAMPLING
SURVEYING
TELEVISION
TRANSPORTATION
TV
UNDERESTIMATES
UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS
UNDOCUMENTED MIGRANTS
UNIVERSITY EDUCATION
URBAN AREAS
WAR
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/12/8821334/surveying-migrant-households-comparison-census-based-snowball-intercept-point-surveys
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7634

Internet

http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/12/8821334/surveying-migrant-households-comparison-census-based-snowball-intercept-point-surveys
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7634

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