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Conducting a respondent-driven sampling survey with the use of existing resources in Sydney, Australia

dc.contributor.author Paquette, Dana en_US
dc.contributor.author Bryant, Joanne en_US
dc.contributor.author de Wit, John en_US
dc.date.accessioned 2021-11-25T17:30:07Z
dc.date.available 2021-11-25T17:30:07Z
dc.date.issued 2010 en_US
dc.description.abstract Respondent-driven sampling (RDS) is a relatively new form of sampling hidden populations. RDS has the ability to produce validpopulation estimates, provided that certain assumptions are met. This study examined whether an RDS survey of people who inject drugs (PWID) conducted in South East Sydney was able to meet the assumptions and requirements necessary to produce valid population estimates. From November 2009 to March 2010, 261 participants were recruited in 16 waves. While the method’s requirements and assumptions were largely met, an apparent lack of random recruitment and the low proportion of coupons returned were sources of concern. This study shows that RDS can be used successfully in Australia as a means of recruiting PWID. However, more work is needed to confirm the soundness of the assumptions on which the calculation of valid population estimates are based. en_US
dc.identifier.issn 0091-4509 en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/1959.4/50903
dc.language English
dc.language.iso EN en_US
dc.rights CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 en_US
dc.rights.uri https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/au/ en_US
dc.source Legacy MARC en_US
dc.title Conducting a respondent-driven sampling survey with the use of existing resources in Sydney, Australia en_US
dc.type Journal Article en
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unsw.relation.faculty Arts Design & Architecture
unsw.relation.ispartofissue 4 en_US
unsw.relation.ispartofjournal Contemporary Drug Problems en_US
unsw.relation.ispartofpagefrompageto 575-598 en_US
unsw.relation.ispartofvolume 37 en_US
unsw.relation.originalPublicationAffiliation Paquette, Dana, National Centre in HIV Social Research, Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, UNSW en_US
unsw.relation.originalPublicationAffiliation Bryant, Joanne, National Centre in HIV Social Research, Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, UNSW en_US
unsw.relation.originalPublicationAffiliation de Wit, John, National Centre in HIV Social Research, Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, UNSW en_US
unsw.relation.school Centre for Social Research in Health *
unsw.subject.fieldofresearchcode 160807 Sociological Methodology and Research Methods en_US
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