TY - JOUR
T1 - Network sampling of social divisions in a rural Inuit community
AU - Dombrowski, Kirk
AU - Khan, Bilal
AU - Moses, Joshua
AU - Channell, Emily
AU - Dombrowski, Nathaniel
PY - 2014/3
Y1 - 2014/3
N2 - This paper describes results from a network survey of Nain - a predominantly Inuit community of ~1200 people located on the northern coast of Labrador. As part of a larger social network research project, we used peer-referral sampling to recruit 330 residents for interviews about food sharing, housing, public health and community traditions. The peer-referral chains were analysed statistically to determine the presence and absence of social divisions in the community. The results of these analyses show that ethnic identification, relocation status and household income were the most significant social divisions in the community, while gender, education level and employment status show little or no effect on patterns of between-group interconnection. We argue that statistical patterns in the presence (and absence) of intergroup links offer novel ways to examine the interrelationship between recent economic development and the historical disruptions caused by Inuit community relocations in the 1950s.
AB - This paper describes results from a network survey of Nain - a predominantly Inuit community of ~1200 people located on the northern coast of Labrador. As part of a larger social network research project, we used peer-referral sampling to recruit 330 residents for interviews about food sharing, housing, public health and community traditions. The peer-referral chains were analysed statistically to determine the presence and absence of social divisions in the community. The results of these analyses show that ethnic identification, relocation status and household income were the most significant social divisions in the community, while gender, education level and employment status show little or no effect on patterns of between-group interconnection. We argue that statistical patterns in the presence (and absence) of intergroup links offer novel ways to examine the interrelationship between recent economic development and the historical disruptions caused by Inuit community relocations in the 1950s.
KW - Inuit
KW - Labrador
KW - inequality
KW - respondent driven sampling
KW - sampling
KW - social network analysis
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U2 - 10.1080/1070289X.2013.854718
DO - 10.1080/1070289X.2013.854718
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84897021422
VL - 21
SP - 134
EP - 151
JO - Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power
JF - Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power
SN - 1070-289X
IS - 2
ER -