Survey Methods for Hard-to-Reach Populations: Introduction to the Special Issue

Surveys of hard to reach populations (rare, no known sampling frames) have been, for some years, the object of methodological reflection. Various methods aiming at the production of an ‘extrapolable’ sample of these populations have been proposed: time-space sampling (TSS) or time-location sampling...

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Published in:Methodological innovations 2010-08, Vol.5 (2), p.3-16
Main Authors: Marpsat, Maryse, Razafindratsima, Nicolas
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Production
Respondents
Sampling
Surveys
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Summary:Surveys of hard to reach populations (rare, no known sampling frames) have been, for some years, the object of methodological reflection. Various methods aiming at the production of an ‘extrapolable’ sample of these populations have been proposed: time-space sampling (TSS) or time-location sampling (TLS), respondent driven sampling (RDS), or the ‘capture - recapture’ method. After defining what a hard-to reach-population is, this article provides an outline of these various approaches before going on to briefly consider the papers contained in this special issue.
ISSN:1748-0612
2059-7991
1748-0612
DOI:10.4256/mio.2010.0014