Snowball Sampling and Facebook: How Social Media Can Help Access Hard-to-Reach Populations

Došek, Tomáš

doi:10.1017/s104909652100041x

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“…We used a non-probability sampling technique because survey participants were chosen randomly and voluntarily. With the COVID-19 pandemic restrictions, the SSM provides significant advantages, especially when enhanced by using social media ( Dosek, 2021 ), and other sampling strategies are unlikely to succeed. This method is based on recommendations from originally selected respondents to additional people thought to have the same interest in the subject.…”

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Food waste perceptions and reported behaviours during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic: Evidence from Bosnia and Herzegovina

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An increasing corpus of data demonstrated the disruptive impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on food consumption habits, particularly food waste, but the Balkan area is often overlooked. Accordingly, this study investigates the immediate effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on consumer knowledge and reported behaviours linked to food waste in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The research was based on an online survey with 2425 participants using the Google forms platform from 10 April to 10 May 2020. This period coincided with the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Consumers’ behaviours regarding where and how often they buy food, their attitude towards food labels, food provision and particularly the amounts and values of food waste and how they handle it were investigated. The data were analysed using descriptive statistics methods, and the significance of the association between variables was determined using nonparametric and multivariate statistical tests. The study’s findings revealed that (i) Bosnia has a low rate of household food waste and a favourable attitude towards food waste prevention, (ii) the majority of the respondents are familiar with the most common expiry labels, notably ‘use by’ and ‘best before’ and (iii) consumers adjusted their buying and consumption patterns due to the pandemic. The findings of this research are essential for developing evidence-based policy in Bosnia and Herzegovina during the post-pandemic recovery period since they are unique to that country. Indeed, the crisis’ lessons and insights may be used to help move towards more sustainable consumption habits.

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Food waste perceptions and reported behaviours during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic: Evidence from Bosnia and Herzegovina

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“…This study is qualitative, with an exploratory–descriptive character, and operationalized through an online survey shared through the social networks WhatsApp and Instagram, which proved to be better suited to the “snowball” research model [ 68 , 69 ]. For Dewes [ 70 ], snowball sampling is indicated when there is difficulty in identifying all members of the investigated population.…”

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The Development of the Hospitality Sector Facing the Digital Challenge

Perinotto¹,

Araújo

Borges³

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Behavioral Sciences

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The widespread use of the Internet has changed consumer buying behavior, especially among tourists, considering the intangibility of the tourist product. Although globally the modern tourist is a consumer of the new online market, there is a lack of studies addressing the level of development of the hotel business in relation to online bookings by residents of tourist destinations. Furthermore, this article analyzes the factors that impact the use of e-commerce by these residents in the acquisition of tourist accommodation services. A conceptual model was adopted, using the constructs “social influence” and “price” of the unified theory of acceptance and use of technology 2 (UTAUT2), also including “trust” and “perceived risk”. An electronic questionnaire was used to collect data from a sample of 195 residents of Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil. Data analysis included descriptive statistics, exploratory factor analysis, Fisher’s exact test, and multiple linear regression. The results show that price and social influence are the most significant constructs associated with booking a hotel online, while trust does not influence the use of the Internet. As practical implications, the findings of this study provide important information for hotel managers, as they allow a better understanding of the profile of respondents who book online, as well as which factors influence online behaviors, contributing to increasing the knowledge of digital platforms in the consumer market and, consequently, the development of the hospitality sector.

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“…Respondents from the snowball sample did not receive an incentive for completing the TFH survey. This mode of data collection is particularly beneficial for reaching hard-to-reach populations such as the reclusive wealthy and stigmatized poor ( Dosek, 2021 ; Kayrouz et al, 2016 ). The inclusion criteria in the TFH survey consisted of being an adult resident of the above neighborhoods.…”

Section: Design and Methodsmentioning

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Time availability as a mediator between socioeconomic status and health

Bó

2022

SSM - Population Health

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Snowball Sampling and Facebook: How Social Media Can Help Access Hard-to-Reach Populations

Cited by 38 publications

References 7 publications

Food waste perceptions and reported behaviours during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic: Evidence from Bosnia and Herzegovina

Food waste perceptions and reported behaviours during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic: Evidence from Bosnia and Herzegovina

The Development of the Hospitality Sector Facing the Digital Challenge

Time availability as a mediator between socioeconomic status and health

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