Surveying Ethnic Minorities and Immigrant Populations : : Methodological Challenges and Research Strategies / / ed. by Mónica Méndez, Joan Font.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter AUP eBook Package Backfile 2000-2013
• MitwirkendeR: Ballano, Carlos,; Cuesta, María,; Deding, Mette,; Duque, Ignacio,; Erens, Bob,; Ferreras, Marisa,; Font, Joan,; Fridberg, Torben,; Gianettoni, Lavinia,; Heelsum, Anja van,; Jakobsen, Vibeke,; Laganà, Francesco,; Lipps, Oliver,; Morales, Laura,; Myrberg, Gunnar,; Méndez, Mónica,; Pollien, Alexandre,; Pérez, Carlos,; Rinken, Sebastian,; Ros, Virginia,; Smith, Tom W.,
• HerausgeberIn: Font, Joan,; Méndez, Mónica,
• Place / Publishing House: Amsterdam : : Amsterdam University Press, , [2013]; ©2013
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Language: English
• Series: IMISCOE Research
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (296 p.)

What challenges do researchers face when surveying immigrant populations and ethnic minorities? What are the best ways to ensure that general population surveys adequately represent minority groups? The first book to systematically address these questions, this volume analyzes more than a dozen surveys conducted in eight Western countries on topics ranging from politics to health. These case studies-which include local and national surveys with various levels of funding-offer valuable lessons about dealing with a range of methodological challenges.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- 1. Introduction: The methodological challenges of surveying populations of immigrant origin -- PART I: SAMPLING ISSUES -- 2. Designing high-quality surveys of ethnic minority groups in the United Kingdom -- 3. The 2007 Spanish National Immigrant Survey (ENI): Sampling from the Padrón -- 4. Enhancing representativeness in highly dynamic settings: Lessons from the NEPIA survey -- PART II: FIELDWORK AND RESPONSE RATES -- 5. The influence of interviewers' ethnic background in a survey among Surinamese in the Netherlands -- 6. Surveying migrants and migrant associations in Stockholm -- 7. Comparing the response rates of autochthonous and migrant populations in nominal sampling surveys: The LOCALMULTIDEM study in Madrid -- 8. Non-response among immigrants in Denmark -- PART III: INCLUDING IMMIGRANTS IN GENERAL POPULATION SOCIAL SURVEYS -- 9. Immigration and general population surveys in Spain: The CIS surveys -- 10. An evaluation of Spanish questions on the 2006 and 2008 US General Social Surveys -- 11. Under-representation of foreign minorities in cross-sectional and longitudinal surveys in Switzerland -- CONCLUSIONS -- 12. Surveying immigrant populations: Methodological strategies, good practices and open questions -- List of contributors