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Two research reports on a very difficult and under researched topic – East and Central European migrant workers (11 Feb 09)
Both used “snowballing”. Do you know what that is? It’s a real help when you want to capture the views of those who are hardest to reach
We recently sent out an email about our forthcoming course in Glasgow on how to research and consult East and Central European migrant workers. Click here for more information.
On the same day I heard about the 2007 Fife Migrant Worker survey led by Andrew Ballingall of Fife Council's Corporate Research Team. Working with Most, the Fife Polish association, this reached over 900 respondents. Andrew was keen to share the findings of their 2007 survey of migrant workers.
That reminded me that Andy Steele of Salford University had sent me their report on the needs and experiences of migrant workers in Rochdale and Oldham.
The fascinating thing about both studies was their use of community interviewers and snowball sampling methodology.
If this interests you please read on - and if it doesn’t, don’t waste your time! But good research needs pragmatism and flexibility – and this was applied very well in both cases
I happen to think that the subject is extremely timely. So if you are interested in East and Central European migrant communities or you have a hard to reach group to research you might like to have a look at the findings - and see how both projects captured the views of the survey respondents.
Here are links to both research projects.
Fife Council:
Rochdale and Oldham:
Final Report
Executive Summary
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