Mistiaen, JohanMcKenzie, David J.2012-06-112012-06-112007-12https://hdl.handle.net/10986/7634Few representative surveys of households of migrants exist, limiting the analysis of the effects of international migration on sending families. This paper reports the results of an experiment designed to compare the performance of three alternative survey methods in collecting data from Japanese-Brazilian families, many of whom send migrants to Japan. The three surveys conducted were 1) Households selected randomly from a door-to-door listing using the Brazilian Census to select census blocks; 2) A snowball survey using Nikkei community groups to select the seeds; and 3) An intercept point survey collected at Nikkei community gatherings, ethnic grocery stores, sports clubs, and other locations where family members of migrants are likely to congregate. The authors analyze how closely well-designed snowball and intercept point surveys can approach the much more expensive census-based method in terms of giving information on the characteristics of migrants, the level of remittances received, and the incidence and determinants of return migration.CC BY 3.0 IGOADMINISTRATIVE RECORDSBENEFITS OF MIGRATIONBIASESCASE STUDYCENSUSESCITIESCITIZENSCONSEQUENCES OF MIGRATIONCOUNTRIES OF DESTINATIONCULTURAL CHANGEDATA COLLECTIONDEMOGRAPHYDEVELOPMENT ECONOMICSDEVELOPMENT RESEARCH GROUPDISTRICTSECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTECONOMIC IMPLICATIONSEDUCATION LEVELEDUCATION LEVELSEMPLOYMENT STATUSEQUALITYETHNIC GROUPETHNIC MINORITIESETHNIC MINORITYETHNICITYFAMILIESFAMILY MEMBERSFIRST GENERATIONGENDERGLOBAL COMMISSIONGLOBAL COMMISSION ON INTERNATIONAL MIGRATIONHEALTH CAREHOSPITALHOUSEHOLD LEVELHOUSEHOLD SIZEHOUSEHOLD SURVEYHOUSEHOLD SURVEYSHUMAN POPULATIONSIMMIGRANTIMMIGRANT WOMENIMMIGRANTSIMMIGRATIONIMMIGRATION LAWIMMIGRATION REFORMINTERNATIONAL BANKINTERNATIONAL MIGRANTSINTERNATIONAL MIGRATIONINTERNATIONAL MIGRATION REVIEWINTERVIEWINGINTERVIEWSLABOR MARKETSLEGAL MIGRANTSLIVING STANDARDSLIVING STANDARDS MEASUREMENTLOCAL COMMUNITYMARITAL STATUSMEDIAMIGRANTMIGRANT-SENDING COUNTRIESMIGRANTSMIGRATION PROCESSMIGRATION STATISTICSMINORITYMINORITY HOUSEHOLDSMINORITY POPULATIONNATIONAL SURVEYSNATIONALSNUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDSNUMBER OF PEOPLEOPEN MARKETSPOLICY RESEARCHPOLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPERPOPULATION ASSOCIATIONPOPULATION CENSUSPOPULATION ESTIMATESPOPULATION GROWTHPOPULATION RESEARCHPOTENTIAL MIGRANTSPROGRESSQUESTIONNAIREQUESTIONNAIRESRADIORECEIPTREMITTANCEREMITTANCESRESEARCH METHODSRESPECTRETURN MIGRATIONSAMPLE SIZESAVINGSSEXSOCIAL PROBLEMSSOCIAL SUPPORTSOCIETYSPOUSESTANDARD ERRORSSTRATIFIED SAMPLINGSURVEY COSTSURVEY DESIGNSURVEY METHODOLOGIESSURVEY METHODOLOGYSURVEY RESEARCHSURVEY RESULTSSURVEY SAMPLINGSURVEYINGTELEVISIONTRANSPORTATIONTVUNDERESTIMATESUNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTSUNDOCUMENTED MIGRANTSUNIVERSITY EDUCATIONURBAN AREASWARWorld Bank10.1596/1813-9450-4419