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Within-Household Sampling Conditioning on Household Size
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Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of The World Association
, 2012 , Article)
We review existing methods for sampling an adult from a household and highlight the strengths and weaknesses of these methods with respect to issues relevant for sampling in the Middle East and developing countries. We ...
A Portrait of Low-Income Migrants in Contemporary Qatar
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Taylor & Francis (Routledge)
, 2013 , Article)
Though transnational labor migration in the Gulf States has increasingly been of
scholarly interest, that scholarship has to date relied largely on qualitative ethnographic
methodologies or small non-representative ...
Reform of the Kafāla System: A Survey Experiment from Qatar
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Taylor & Francis (Routledge)
, 2016 , Article)
Immigration in the Arabian Gulf is governed by the kafāla (sponsorship) system,
which provides the legal basis for the residency and employment of foreign workers across
the region. Despite mounting economic, political ...
THIRD-PARTY PRESENCE EFFECT WITH PROPENSITY SCORE MATCHING
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Oxford University Press
, 2015 , Article)
This paper attempts to measure the effect of third-party presence during
the interview on sensitive questions about women’s empowerment in
Morocco, a country with Muslim culture and traditions. Data are from
the 2003 ...
Gender Prespecified Sampling for Cost Control
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Oxford University Press on behalf of The World Association for Public Opinion Research. All rights reserved
, 2014 , Article)
Nationally representative surveys administered in the Middle East and North Africa
typically are conducted using methodological techniques developed from outside the
region. Sometimes these best practices require ...
Attitudes Toward the Coaching Profession: Evidence from a Nation-Wide Study in Qatar
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Human Kinetics
, 2018 , Article)
The present study aimed to develop a scale for measuring Qataris’ attitudes toward coaching and their intentions towards this profession. The survey target population included Qataris who were 18 years or older and who ...
Antecedents and consequences of perceived student employability in Qatar: parental perspective
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Springer Verlag
, 2018 , Article)
The aim of this research is to examine the factors that influence parental perceptions of the image of Qatar’s national university, Qatar University. The study builds on relevant scholarship on perceptions of organizational ...
Dietary habits of Palestinian adolescents and associated sociodemographic characteristics in Ramallah, Nablus and Hebron governorates
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The Nutrition Society
, 2010 , Article)
Objective: To describe food habits and associated sociodemographic factors.
Design: Cross-sectional survey in 2005.
Setting: Ninety-six school classes in Ramallah, Nablus and Hebron governorates,
Occupied Palestinian ...
Citizens’ attitudes towards migrant workers in Qatar
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Taylor & Francis (Routledge)
, 2015 , Article)
Public attitudes play a critical role in shaping policies towards immigration and the
status of migrant workers. Facing growing pressure from international human rights
organizations, media and other groups, the Gulf ...
International knowledge mobility and urban development in rapidly globalizing areas: building global hubs for talent in Dubai and Abu Dhabi
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Taylor & Francis (Routledge)
, 2016 , Article)
This paper examines the processes through which the United Arab
Emirates’ (UAE) cities of Abu Dhabi and Dubai attract and integrate
knowledge workers into their labor markets. It focuses on how the
UAE has acquired the ...