Measuring International Migration through Sample Surveys:Some Lessons from the Spanish Case.
Using sampling techniques to obtain demographic and social information on the immigrant population requires a specifically designed survey. To guarantee the reliability of results, the sample design should not be limited to commonly used demographic variables, but should also consider the immigrants...
| Publicado en: | Population (1634-2941) Vol. 67; no. 3; pp. 435 - 464 |
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Institut National d'Etudes Demographiques
2012
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