Recruitment for a Panel Study of Australian Retirees: Issues in Recruiting from Rare and Nonenumerated Populations  

Oleh:

Wells, Yvonne ; Petralia, Walter ; Vaus, David de ; Kendig, Hal

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Research On Aging vol. 25 no. 1 (Jan. 2003), page 36-64.
Fulltext: 36ROA251.pdf (113.67KB)

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Studies of change flowing from important life-course transitions such as retirement are best conducted using panel designs that allowchange to be tracked at an individual level. However, for many life-course transitions, sample recruitment is especially difficult because no sampling frames exist for what are relatively rare and nonenumerated populations. This article outlines the difficulties encountered and strategies adopted in obtaining a sample of older Australianworkers who were about to retire. It explores the fieldwork problems encountered and the effectiveness of alternative recruitment strategies in meeting core sampling goals. Recruitment strategies are evaluated in terms of their cost, efficiency, impact on data quality, and ability to recruit difficult-to-find subtypes of retirees. The experience of this research team is provided to offer guidance and information for other teams as they seek to recruit samples for retirement studies or for other studies of rare and nonenumerated populations.

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