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%T Costs and benefits of reaching parents for survey participation through school communication systems: testing the potential of a straightforward convenience sample %A Vercruyssen, Anina %J Survey Methods: Insights from the Field %P 9 %D 2014 %@ 2296-4754 %~ GESIS %> https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-407405 %X Drawing a random sample for surveys from official registers is an expensive and time-consuming procedure in Belgium as in other countries. In order to obtain a sample for a study on work-family life balance amongst working mothers in Flanders (the Dutch-speaking part of Belgium), I opted for a promising, economical procedure by first selecting children in schools and day-care facilities. Given the compulsory nature of schooling in Belgium and the widespread use of day-care facilities, this offers a straightforward ‘convenience’ sampling for reaching working parents, and mothers in particular. In this paper, I describe the details and advantages of this cost-effective sampling strategy and the experiences with this test case. I also discuss the possible methodological downsides and how to avoid them in future research. %C DEU %G en %9 Zeitschriftenartikel %W GESIS - http://www.gesis.org %~ SSOAR - http://www.ssoar.info