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Costs and benefits of reaching parents for survey participation through school communication systems: testing the potential of a straightforward convenience sample
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Abstract 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 promi... mehr
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.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
Belgien; Befragung; Familie-Beruf; berufstätige Frau; Mutter; Work-life-balance; Stichprobe; Erhebungsmethode; Datengewinnung; Cluster-Analyse; Methodologie
Klassifikation
Erhebungstechniken und Analysetechniken der Sozialwissenschaften
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2014
Seitenangabe
9 S.
Zeitschriftentitel
Survey Methods: Insights from the Field (2014)
DOI
https://doi.org/10.13094/SMIF-2014-00007
ISSN
2296-4754
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)
Lizenz
Creative Commons - Namensnennung, Nicht kommerz., Keine Bearbeitung