1. How to Implement Respondent-Driven Sampling in Practice: Insights from Surveying 24-Hour Migrant Home Care Workers
- Author
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Hipp, Lena, Kohler, Ulrich, and Leumann, Sandra
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Netzwerkanalyse ,Federal Republic of Germany ,informal sector ,Arbeitsbedingungen ,Pflegepersonal ,living conditions ,hidden populations ,illicit behaviours ,practical implementation ,respondent-driven sampling ,RDS ,ddc:330 ,Pole ,Interview ,nursing staff ,Social sciences, sociology, anthropology ,network analysis ,Erhebungstechniken und Analysetechniken der Sozialwissenschaften ,Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie ,informeller Sektor ,Stichprobe ,working conditions ,Migrant ,häusliche Pflege ,sample ,Bundesrepublik Deutschland ,Methods and Techniques of Data Collection and Data Analysis, Statistical Methods, Computer Methods ,ddc:300 ,Lebensbedingungen ,home care - Abstract
This article draws on the experience from an ongoing research project employing respondent-driven sampling (RDS) to survey (illicit) 24-hour home care workers. We highlight issues around the preparatory work and the fielding of the survey to provide researchers with useful insights on how to implement RDS when surveying populations for which the method has not yet been used. We conclude the article with ethical considerations that occur when employing RDS.
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- 2019