Costs and benefits of reaching parents for survey participation through school communication systems: testing the potential of a straightforward convenience sample
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.... Mehr ...
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| Dokumenttyp: | Zeitschriftenartikel |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 2014 |
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| Schlagwörter: | Sozialwissenschaften / Soziologie / Social sciences / sociology / anthropology / Erhebungstechniken und Analysetechniken der Sozialwissenschaften / Methods and Techniques of Data Collection and Data Analysis / Statistical Methods / Computer Methods / Belgien / Befragung / Familie-Beruf / berufstätige Frau / Mutter / Work-life-balance / Stichprobe / Erhebungsmethode / Datengewinnung / Cluster-Analyse / Methodologie / Belgium / survey / work-family balance / working woman / mother / sample / data collection method / data capture / cluster analysis / methodology |
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| Link(s) : | http://www.ssoar.info/ssoar/handle/document/40740 |
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.