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A methodological approach based on indirect sampling to survey the homeless people

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  • Claudia De Vitiis

    (Italian National Institute of Statistics)

  • Stefano Falorsi

    (Italian National Institute of Statistics)

  • Francesca Inglese

    (Italian National Institute of Statistics)

  • Alessandra Masi

    (Italian National Institute of Statistics)

  • Nicoletta Pannuzi

    (Italian National Institute of Statistics)

  • Monica Russo

    (Italian National Institute of Statistics)

Abstract

The Italian National Institute of Statistics carried out the first survey on homeless population. The survey aims at estimating the unknown size and some demographic and social characteristics of this population. The methodological strategy used to investigate homeless population could not follow the standard approaches of official statistics usually based on the use of population lists. The sample strategy for the homeless survey refers to the theory of indirect sampling, based on the use of a sampling frame indirectly related to the target population. Following the indirect sampling approach, the estimation is performed through the “weight sharing method”, based on links connecting the frame of services with homeless population.

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  • Claudia De Vitiis & Stefano Falorsi & Francesca Inglese & Alessandra Masi & Nicoletta Pannuzi & Monica Russo, 2014. "A methodological approach based on indirect sampling to survey the homeless people," Rivista di statistica ufficiale, ISTAT - Italian National Institute of Statistics - (Rome, ITALY), vol. 16(1-2), pages 9-30.
    • Handle: RePEc:isa:journl:v:16:y:2014:i:1-2:p:9-30
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    1. Achille Lemmi & Donatella Grassi & Alessandra Masi & Nicoletta Pannuzi & Andrea Regoli, 2019. "Methodological Choices and Data Quality Issues for Official Poverty Measures: Evidences from Italy," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 141(1), pages 299-330, January.
    2. Estelle Medous & Camelia Goga & Anne Ruiz-Gazen & Jean-François Beaumont & Alain Dessertaine & Pauline Puech, 2023. "Many-to-One indirect samplingwith application to the French postaltraffic estimation," Post-Print hal-04067663, HAL.
    3. Medous, Estelle & Goga, Camelia & Ruiz-Gazen, Anne & Beaumont, Jean-François & Puech, Pauline & Dessertaine, Alain, 2021. "Many-to-One indirect sampling with application to the French postal traffic estimation," TSE Working Papers 21-1269, Toulouse School of Economics (TSE), revised Jun 2022.

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    Keywords

    indirect sampling; weight sharing method; link.;
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    JEL classification:

    • C83 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Data Collection and Data Estimation Methodology; Computer Programs - - - Survey Methods; Sampling Methods

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