Recruiting migrant workers in Australia for Public Health surveys: How sampling strategy make a difference in estimates of workplace hazards
Objectives: One third of the Australian work force are immigrants. Relatively little is known about working conditions for specific migrant groups. The objectives of this paper are to describe and compare the sampling strategies used to recruit migrant workers from specific migrant groups working in...
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| description | Objectives: One third of the Australian work force are immigrants. Relatively little is known about working conditions for specific migrant groups. The objectives of this paper are to describe and compare the sampling strategies used to recruit migrant workers from specific migrant groups working in Australia into a cross-sectional study designed to produce population estimates of workplace hazards and self-reported health. Results: Two cross sectional telephone surveys were conducted with immigrants currently working in Australia. Survey 1 used quota sampling from lists provided by a sample broker. Survey 2 used a combination of probability and non-probability sampling, including random sampling from telephone lists. Data from the surveys were weighted and comparisons made with unweighted data. While weighting adjusted for most differences across the sample sources, the likelihood of exposure to workplace hazards depended on exposure types and sampling strategies. We concluded that by using a combination of sampling strategies it is possible to recruit immigrants from specific migrant groups and provide a balanced view of working conditions, although no one strategy was best for all types of measures. Access to a robust sample source for migrants would enable a better perspective to migrant populations' working conditions. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-909312023-05-05T07:42:00Z Recruiting migrant workers in Australia for Public Health surveys: How sampling strategy make a difference in estimates of workplace hazards Daly, Alison Reid, Alison Cross-sectional surveys Methods Migrant workers Sampling Australia Cross-Sectional Studies Health Surveys Humans Public Health Surveys and Questionnaires Transients and Migrants Workplace Humans Health Surveys Cross-Sectional Studies Public Health Transients and Migrants Workplace Australia Surveys and Questionnaires Objectives: One third of the Australian work force are immigrants. Relatively little is known about working conditions for specific migrant groups. The objectives of this paper are to describe and compare the sampling strategies used to recruit migrant workers from specific migrant groups working in Australia into a cross-sectional study designed to produce population estimates of workplace hazards and self-reported health. Results: Two cross sectional telephone surveys were conducted with immigrants currently working in Australia. Survey 1 used quota sampling from lists provided by a sample broker. Survey 2 used a combination of probability and non-probability sampling, including random sampling from telephone lists. Data from the surveys were weighted and comparisons made with unweighted data. While weighting adjusted for most differences across the sample sources, the likelihood of exposure to workplace hazards depended on exposure types and sampling strategies. We concluded that by using a combination of sampling strategies it is possible to recruit immigrants from specific migrant groups and provide a balanced view of working conditions, although no one strategy was best for all types of measures. Access to a robust sample source for migrants would enable a better perspective to migrant populations' working conditions. 2020 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/90931 10.1186/s13104-020-05320-x eng http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP160100660 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ fulltext |
| spellingShingle | Cross-sectional surveys Methods Migrant workers Sampling Australia Cross-Sectional Studies Health Surveys Humans Public Health Surveys and Questionnaires Transients and Migrants Workplace Humans Health Surveys Cross-Sectional Studies Public Health Transients and Migrants Workplace Australia Surveys and Questionnaires Daly, Alison Reid, Alison Recruiting migrant workers in Australia for Public Health surveys: How sampling strategy make a difference in estimates of workplace hazards |
| title | Recruiting migrant workers in Australia for Public Health surveys: How sampling strategy make a difference in estimates of workplace hazards |
| title_full | Recruiting migrant workers in Australia for Public Health surveys: How sampling strategy make a difference in estimates of workplace hazards |
| title_fullStr | Recruiting migrant workers in Australia for Public Health surveys: How sampling strategy make a difference in estimates of workplace hazards |
| title_full_unstemmed | Recruiting migrant workers in Australia for Public Health surveys: How sampling strategy make a difference in estimates of workplace hazards |
| title_short | Recruiting migrant workers in Australia for Public Health surveys: How sampling strategy make a difference in estimates of workplace hazards |
| title_sort | recruiting migrant workers in australia for public health surveys: how sampling strategy make a difference in estimates of workplace hazards |
| topic | Cross-sectional surveys Methods Migrant workers Sampling Australia Cross-Sectional Studies Health Surveys Humans Public Health Surveys and Questionnaires Transients and Migrants Workplace Humans Health Surveys Cross-Sectional Studies Public Health Transients and Migrants Workplace Australia Surveys and Questionnaires |
| url | http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP160100660 http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/90931 |