After a disaster: Lessons in survey methodology from Hurricane Katrina

Population Research and Policy Review

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 67-92

  Henderson, Tammy L ^a   Sirois, Maria ^b   Chen, Angela Chia Chen ^c   Airriess, Christopher ^d   Swanson, David A ^e   Banks, David ^f  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Convenience sampling; Disaster research; Long form sample survey; Purposive sampling; Short form enumeration; Stratified random sampling

Indexed keywords

ACTION RESEARCH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HURRICANE KATRINA 2005; NATURAL DISASTER; PLANNING METHOD; SAMPLING;

EID: 60649109604     PISSN: 01675923     EISSN: 15737829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11113-008-9114-5     Document Type: Article

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