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Abstract #304424

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Activity Number: 273
Type: Contributed
Date/Time: Tuesday, August 9, 2005 : 10:30 AM to 12:20 PM
Sponsor: Social Statistics Section
Abstract - #304424
Title: Difficulties and Solutions for Surveying Refugees: Bosnian Refugees in St. Louis
Author(s): Hisako Matsuo*+ and Terry Tomazic and Kevin McIntyre
Companies: Saint Louis University and Saint Louis University and Saint Louis University
Address: Research Methodology, St. Louis, MO, 63108,
Keywords: surveying refugees ; difficulties ; Bosnians ; Sample frame ; causal model
Abstract:

This paper addresses some of the difficulties of surveying refugees and the methods the authors used to solve them. Using Bosnian refugees in St. Louis as a target population, the paper also elaborates on the methods used for conceptualization, operationalization, sampling, and data collection. Some of the major difficulties of surveying refugee populations are lack of English competence, cultural barriers in conceptualization, uncertainty about validity of scales, refugees' unfamiliarity with Likert-type scales, and refugees' transient residence. There are about 50,000 Bosnian refugees in the St. Louis area, creating a critical mass of this population. The authors used a grounded theory method for conceptualization, collecting qualitative data. Then, they developed a causal model, which was assumed to explain Bosnian refugees' adaptation into American society. The resulting concepts included refugees' demographic characteristics, experience of the war, locus of control, sense of coherence, competence, and comfort. Various methods of sampling were used to create a sample frame for a random sampling.

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