Surveying ethnic minorities and immigrant populations : methodological challenges and research strategies / edited by Joan Font and Mónica Méndez.
Contributor(s): Font, Joan [editor.]
| Méndez, Mónica [editor.].
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BookSeries: IMISCOE research: Publisher: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2013]Copyright date: ©2013Description: 1 online resource (292 pages).Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9048519187; 9789048519187.Subject(s): Demographic surveys -- Europe | Group identity | Immigrants -- Research -- Europe -- Methodology | Minorities -- Research -- Europe -- Methodology | Demographic surveys | Group identity | SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations | SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General | SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies | Society and social sciences Society and social sciences | Sociology and anthropology | Sociology | EuropeGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Surveying ethnic minorities and immigrant populations.DDC classification: 305 Online resources: Digital version Summary: "What are the special problems involved in surveying immigrant populations and ethnic minorities? How can we ensure adequate representation of these growing groups in general population surveys? This book is the first to address these challenges in a systematic way. Experiences from eight Western countries, involving more than a dozen surveys, are used to explore difficulties in designing these types of surveys and some of the choices made to deal with them. The rich array of cases covered gives rise to valuable lessons, from local and national surveys, from well-funded surveys and those with limited means, and on a wide variety of topics ranging from politics to health"--Provided by publisher.
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"What are the special problems involved in surveying immigrant populations and ethnic minorities? How can we ensure adequate representation of these growing groups in general population surveys? This book is the first to address these challenges in a systematic way. Experiences from eight Western countries, involving more than a dozen surveys, are used to explore difficulties in designing these types of surveys and some of the choices made to deal with them. The rich array of cases covered gives rise to valuable lessons, from local and national surveys, from well-funded surveys and those with limited means, and on a wide variety of topics ranging from politics to health"--Provided by publisher.
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