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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 ...
Social Capital and Citizens’ Attitudes towards Migrant Workers
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Cogitatio Press
, 2017 , Article)
This study examines Qatari citizens’ attitudes toward migrant workers. While much research has been conducted on citizens’ attitudes toward the abolition, tightening, or loosening of the Kafāla system in the Gulf Cooperation ...
Civic life and democratic citizenship in Qatar: Findings from the First Qatar World Values Survey
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Brill Academic
, 2013 , Article)
The present study examines the Arab nation that has remained least affected by the regional upheaval that has gripped much of the Middle East and North Africa since the beginning of 2011: the Gulf state of Qatar. Using ...
Attitudes Towards Migrant Workers in the GCC: Evidence from Qatar
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Taylor & Francis (Routledge)
, 2012 , Article)
With the majority of Qatar’s total population made up of foreigners (high-skilled and
low-skilled migrant workers), Qatari nationals may feel that there are significant challenges for
their society; despite the absence ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Antecedents of Trust among Citizens and Non-citizens in Qatar
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Springer Verlag
, 2016 , Article)
Utilizing new survey data on social capital, we examine the determinants and
locus of generalized trust among citizens and immigrants in Qatar, a small, heterogeneous,
wealthy, and non-democratic country in which immigrants ...