On Reaching Out-of-School, Hard-to-Reach Youth: Notes on Data-Gathering.

Luchterhand, Elmer; Weller, Leonard

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Publication Date: 1979

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On Reaching Out-of-School, Hard-to-Reach Youth: Notes on Data-Gathering.

Luchterhand, Elmer; Weller, Leonard

Adolescence, v14 n56 p747-53 Win 1979

This paper describes procedures that resulted in a 90 percent return in a random sample survey of inner-city youth. Included are: selection of interview sites; recordkeeping; call-backs; techniques for dealing with reluctant interviewees; and composition of interview teams, including sex and ethnic matching with sample members. (SJL)

Descriptors: Data Collection, Disadvantaged Youth, Field Interviews, Field Studies, Guidelines, Low Income Groups, Out of School Youth, Questioning Techniques, Research Methodology, Surveys, Urban Areas

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - General; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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