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We rely on data from a combination of a survey and laboratory experiments conducted in Tatarstan
and Sakha in the summer and fall of 2002. The two-hour, face-to-face survey covered a number of
issues from ranging work to social relations and ethnic identification to trust. A total of 2572
people were interviewed, 1266 in Tatarstan and 1306 in Sakha. Response rates were 81 and 72 percent,
respectively. The design is sufficiently different that we discuss it in detail. The sample drawn for the survey was weighted to yield roughly equal numbers of Russians and members of the titular ethnicity of the given Republic (i.e., Tatars in Tatarstan and Yakuts in Sakha). The sample was restricted to non-institutionalized permanent residents eighteen years of age and older. The target sample size in each republic was 1200. The geography of the territories, combined with budgetary considerations, introduced constraints on the design. In national surveys employing face-to-face interviews, it is common for certain territories to be eliminated in advance due to practical considerations such as very low population density, low accessibility, or political unrest. In designing this sample, certain areas of Sakha were eliminated as many points were accessible only once a week by air, and then only in good weather. The population was placed into two strata: urban and rural. The sample was allocated proportionally to these two strata using data from the most recent census updates. A cluster size was set in advance for the primary sampling units and random draws were made of the sampling units. Once a sampling unit was chosen, the sample frame was different for Urban and Rural settings. In Urban areas the city was partitioned into districts depending on the availability of data on population size - usually from micro-census enumeration districts, voting districts, or postal districts. After districts were selected a list of all dwellings was constructed by visual inspection and consultation with authorities. In the case of dormitories and communal apartments, each room or space housing a separate household was treated as a dwelling unit, not the entire building. Then, a number of dwelling units were selected systematically starting with a random number. An individual from each drawn household was then selected using the Kish procedure Kish (1965). At no point did interviewers exercise discretion in the selection of households or respondents. In rural areas an entire village was treated as one district. The official residence registration book (pokhozajstvennaja kniga) is typically accessible and reliable. Households were selected systematically starting from a random number and drawn from the registration book. The Kish procedure was employed to select an individual respondent from each drawn household. Ten percent of questionnaires were chosen for inspection of interviewers' work by independent evaluators from Moscow, although these inspections were not typically conducted in very small villages. |
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