Ties, sites and irregularities: pitfalls and benefits in using respondent-driven sampling for surveying a homeless population

Respondent-driven sampling (RDS) is a snowball-type sampling method used to survey hidden populations, that is, those that lack a sampling frame. In this work, we consider the problem of regression modeling and association for continuous RDS data. We propose a new sample weight method for estimating non-linear parameters such as the covariance and the correlation coefficient. We also estimate the variances of the proposed estimators. As an illustration, we performed a simulation study and an application to an ethnic example. The proposed estimators are consistent and asymptotically unbiased. We discuss the applicability of the method as well as future research.

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“…Some popular examples of RDS are HIV at-risk people, the LGBTI community and injection drug users [7][8][9]. Other examples are given in [10,11].…”

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Estimation of Non-Linear Parameters with Data Collected Using Respondent-Driven Sampling

2020

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From squat to cottage: materiality, informal ownership, and the politics of unspotted homes

Vašát

2021

Housing Studies

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Homelessness, Offending, Victimization, and Criminal Legal System Contact

McCarthy

Hagan

2024

Annu. Rev. Criminol.

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There is now a sizable literature on connections between homelessness, crime, and criminal legal system contact. We review studies on these relationships, focusing mostly on links between the adversity that often characterizes homelessness—the need for shelter, food, and income—and offending, victimization, and involvement with the criminal legal system. We concentrate on multivariate studies from the United States and Canada and consider research on youth and adults. We begin with a short discussion of some of the challenges of studying these relationships. We follow our review of research on homeless conditions with a summary of research that has used data from homeless samples to advance a broad array of explanations of crime; a collection that includes strain, routine activities and lifestyle exposure, differential association, social control, rational choice, life course, and criminal capital theories. Expected final online publication date for the Annual Review of Criminology, Volume 7 is January 2024. Please see http://www.annualreviews.org/page/journal/pubdates for revised estimates.

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Ties, sites and irregularities: pitfalls and benefits in using respondent-driven sampling for surveying a homeless population

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Estimation of Non-Linear Parameters with Data Collected Using Respondent-Driven Sampling

Estimation of Non-Linear Parameters with Data Collected Using Respondent-Driven Sampling

From squat to cottage: materiality, informal ownership, and the politics of unspotted homes

Homelessness, Offending, Victimization, and Criminal Legal System Contact

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