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Ten languages, thousands of phone calls: Accurately polling immigrants posed unprecedented challenges

Por: Los Angeles Times Nation September 17, 2023

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Seventy-five thousand, eight hundred surveys mailed, more than 13,000 hours of phone interviews, translations into nine languages in addition to English: Conducting an accurate survey of the nation’s hugely diverse immigrant population required resources far beyond what’s needed for a typical poll. Earlier this year, KFF, formerly known as the Kaiser Family Foundation, and the Los Angeles Times carried out that survey along with several... + full article



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