Le bénévolat au Danemark, une forme d’engagement civique utile et complémentaire à l’action de l’État

Les notions de « secteur du bénévolat » et de « travail bénévole » Depuis quelques décennies, la notion de « secteur du bénévolat » occupe une place de plus en plus importante dans le discours politique et le débat public au Danemark. Dans l’administration publique et en sciences sociales, ce vocable est désormais communément utilisé pour désigner les activités qui ne peuvent pas être rattachées au secteur public, au marché ou à la sphère familiale. Il n’existe en revanche pas de consensus su..

Non-response in a survey among immigrants in Denmark

"The purpose of this paper is to analyse the character of response bias in a Danish survey among native Danes and immigrants from Turkey, Iran and Pakistan and thus enable the tailoring of future surveys to particular immigrants groups. The authors find that both contact rates and cooperation rates are lower for immigrants, leading to a significantly lower overall response rate. They also find important differences between groups - immigrants from Pakistan are especially difficult to reach, while refusals are particularly high among those from Turkey. Language is likewise important as a very large share of women could not be interviewed in Danish. The authors analyse not only the determinants of the probability of contact and the probability of cooperation but also the determinants of overall nonresponse, by looking at individual characteristics and observable interviewer characteristics. They find that the characteristics of the sample persons are important for both contact and cooperation rates, with different factors affecting each. Yet none of the observable interviewer characteristics appear to affect the response rate. Furthermore, after controlling for all the other variables, they find that the lower probability of response among immigrants compared to native Danes persists. The analysis clearly points to the need for tailoring surveys directed to immigrant groups to avoid response bias." (author's abstract