Applying respondent driven sampling to migrant populations : lessons from the field /

"Respondent Driven Sampling is an innovative sampling method that utilizes social networks to identify, survey and provide representative estimates of hard-to-reach populations. Most widely used in public health research of HIV high risk populations, RDS has, in recent years, expanded into othe...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Tyldum, Guri (Editor), Johnston, Lisa, 1962- (Editor)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
Series:	Palgrave pivot.
Subjects:	Emigration and immigration > Statistical methods. Sampling (Statistics) SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Methodology. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Research. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Statistics.
Online Access:	Cover image

Table of Contents:

Introduction / Lisa G. Johnston and Guri Tyldum
1. Sampling Migrants: How Respondent Driven Sampling Works / Lisa G. Johnston
2. RDS and the Structure of Migrant Populations / Jon Horgen Friberg and Cindy Horst
3. Measuring Personal Network Size in RDS / Lisa G. Johnston, Leila Rodriguez and Joanna Napierala
4. Initiation of the RDS Recruitment Process: Seed Selection and Role / Agnieszka Kubal, Inna Shvab and Anna Wojtynska
5. Deciding on and Distributing Incentives in RDS / Guri Tyldum, Leila Rodriguez, Ingunn Bjørkhaug and Anna Wojtynska
6. Formative Assessment, Data Collection and Parallel Monitoring for RDS Fieldwork / Jane Montealegre, Antje Röder, and Rojan Ezzati
7. Analyzing Data in RDS / Lisa G Johnston and Renee Luthra
Appendix I. Summary of RDS Surveys Referenced
Appendix II: Overview of the Development of the Different RDS Estimators, Their specific features and the software available for their use.