Sampling international migrants with origin-based snowballing method:: New evidence on biases and limitations.

Sampling international migrants with origin-based snowballing method:: New evidence on biases and limitations.

This paper provides a methodological assessment of the advantages and drawbacks of the origin-based snowballing technique as a reliable method to construct representative samples of international migrants in destination areas. Using data from the MAFE-Senegal Project, our results indicate that this...

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Main Authors: Cris Beauchemin, Amparo González-Ferrier
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research 2011-07-01
Series:Demographic Research
Online Access:http://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol25/3/
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spelling doaj-692f63ee11ae40309518875fdcf33acf2020-11-24T23:18:49ZengMax Planck Institute for Demographic ResearchDemographic Research1435-98712011-07-01253Sampling international migrants with origin-based snowballing method:: New evidence on biases and limitations.Cris BeaucheminAmparo González-FerrierThis paper provides a methodological assessment of the advantages and drawbacks of the origin-based snowballing technique as a reliable method to construct representative samples of international migrants in destination areas. Using data from the MAFE-Senegal Project, our results indicate that this is a very risky method in terms of quantitative success. Besides, it implies some clear selection biases: it over-represents migrants more strongly connected to their home country, and it tends to overestimate both poverty in households at origin and the influence of previous migration experiences of social networks on individuals' out-migration.http://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol25/3/
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Sampling international migrants with origin-based snowballing method:: New evidence on biases and limitations.
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title Sampling international migrants with origin-based snowballing method:: New evidence on biases and limitations.
title_short Sampling international migrants with origin-based snowballing method:: New evidence on biases and limitations.
title_full Sampling international migrants with origin-based snowballing method:: New evidence on biases and limitations.
title_fullStr Sampling international migrants with origin-based snowballing method:: New evidence on biases and limitations.
title_full_unstemmed Sampling international migrants with origin-based snowballing method:: New evidence on biases and limitations.
title_sort sampling international migrants with origin-based snowballing method:: new evidence on biases and limitations.
publisher Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research
series Demographic Research
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publishDate 2011-07-01
description This paper provides a methodological assessment of the advantages and drawbacks of the origin-based snowballing technique as a reliable method to construct representative samples of international migrants in destination areas. Using data from the MAFE-Senegal Project, our results indicate that this is a very risky method in terms of quantitative success. Besides, it implies some clear selection biases: it over-represents migrants more strongly connected to their home country, and it tends to overestimate both poverty in households at origin and the influence of previous migration experiences of social networks on individuals' out-migration.
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