Contents

pp 5-8

Preface

pp 9-10

1 - Introduction: the Methodological Challenges of Surveying Populations of Immigrant Origin

pp 11-42

PART I - SAMPLING ISSUES

pp 43-44

2 - Designing High-Quality Surveys of Ethnic Minority Groups in the United Kingdom

pp 45-68

3 - The 2007 Spanish National Immigrant Survey (Eni): Sampling from the Padrón

pp 69-84

4 - Enhancing Representativeness in Highly Dynamic Settings: Lessons from the Nepia Survey

pp 85-108

PART II - FIELDWORK AND RESPONSE RATES

pp 109-110

5 - The Influence of Interviewers’ Ethnic Background in a Survey Among Surinamese in the Netherlands

pp 111-130

6 - Surveying Migrants and Migrant Associations in Stockholm

pp 131-146

7 - Comparing the Response Rates of Autochthonous and Migrant Populations in Nominal Sampling Surveys: The LOCALMULTIDEM study in Madrid

pp 147-172

8 - Non-Response Among Immigrants in Denmark

pp 173-192

PART III - INCLUDING IMMIGRANTS IN GENERAL POPULATION SOCIAL SURVEYS

pp 193-194

9 - Immigration and General Population Surveys in Spain: the Cis Surveys

pp 195-218

10 - An Evaluation of Spanish Questions on the 2006 and 2008 US General Social Surveys

pp 219-240

11 - Under-Representation of Foreign Minorities in Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Surveys in Switzerland

pp 241-268

CONCLUSIONS

pp 269-270

12 - Surveying Immigrant Populations: Methodological Strategies, Good Practices and open Questions

pp 271-290

List of Contributors

pp 291-295