Surveying migrant households : a comparison of census-based, snowball, and intercept point surveys (English)

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 alternative survey methods in collecting data from Japanese-Brazilian families, many of whom send migrants to Japan. The three surveys conducted were 1) Households selected randomly from a door-to-door listing using...

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McKenzie, David J.;

Mistiaen,Johan A.;
Document Date
2007/12/01
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
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WPS4419
Volume No
1
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1
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World,
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Other,
Disclosure Date
2010/07/01
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Disclosed
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Surveying migrant households : a comparison of census-based, snowball, and intercept point surveys
Keywords
census tract

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McKenzie, David J.; Mistiaen,Johan A..

Surveying migrant households : a comparison of census-based, snowball, and intercept point surveys (English). Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 4419 Washington, DC: World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/175221468175499358

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