Social Research in Developing Countries: Surveys and Censuses in the Third World.

This collection of papers by various authors focuses on the problems of conducting social surveys in developing countries. Consideration is also given to the alternatives to the social survey and to ways of combining data collection methodologies that might be more appropriate in developing country situations. Sections are included on research strategy including censuses sample surveys and KAP surveys; sampling; data collection; interviewing and field organization; methodological marriages; and ethical and political issues in social research. The papers include both those that have been previously published elsewhere and original contributions.