Surveying Ethnic Minorities

Joost Kappelhof is a survey methodologist at The Netherlands Institute for Social Research/SCP. His research interests are nonresponse, measurement issues, cross-national or cross-cultural comparability, and hard-to-survey populations.

• Foreword 1Introduction 2 Survey research and the quality of survey data among ethnic minorities 2.1 Introduction 2.2 On the use of the terms ethnicity and ethnic minorities 2.3 On the representation and measurement of ethnic minorities in surveys 2.4 On increasing participation among ethnic minorities 2.5 Comparability, timeliness and costs concerns in surveys among ethnic minorities 3 The effect of different survey designs on nonresponse in surveys among non-Western minorities in the Netherlands 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Why are non-Western minorities underrepresented in population surveys in the Netherlands? 3.3 Data and Methods 3.4 Results of the different quality indicators 3.5 Conclusion and Discussion 4 The Impact of Face-to-Face versus Sequential Mixed-Mode Designs on the Possibility of Nonresponse Bias in Surveys among non-Western minorities in the Netherlands 4.1 Introduction 4.2The underrepresentation of non-Western minorities in population surveys in the Netherlands and survey design choices 4.3 Data and Methods 4.4 Results on the comparison of single and mixed-mode designs among ethnic minorities 4.5 Conclusion and discussion 5 Estimating the impact of measurement differences introduced by efforts to reach a balanced response among non-Western minorities in the Netherlands 5.1 Introduction 5.2 The impact of mode effects, cultural differences and/or language barriers on measurement error in cross-cultural mixed-mode survey research 5.3 Data and Methods 5.4 Results 5.5 Conclusion and Discussion6 The impact of method bias on the cross-cultural comparability in face-to-face surveys among non-Western minorities in the Netherlands 6.1 Introduction 6.2 Sources of bias that can invalidate or complicate cross-cultural comparisons in face-to-face surveys 6.3 Data and Methods 6.4 Results 6.5 Conclusion and discussion 7 Summary and Conclusion.