We've narrowed our focus down to Latina women (17-18 years old), currently enrolled in high school, and if they decide to attend college they would be considered first generation.
Trying to come up with ways to recruit participants. Has anyone worked with high school students for qualitative research studies?
Good afternoon,
There are many ways to perform recruitment tasks. From the most handmade based on contact with some association, a group that you want to investigate to the companies that dedicate themselves professionally and that will charge you according to the difficulty that they have in obtaining to each person. This is known as the penetration index.
In your case, I think the easiest thing would be to propose some kind of incentive for participation. On some occasions we have used movie tickets, discount vouchers or even participation in a drawing of something that appeals to them. It depends on how much budget you have and how many people you have to interview.
Good luck,
Rubén
Our colleagues are right, Snowball is the best in qualitative research, and also incentives. But Actually, people enjoy in many cases to be research participants, it is so rare, even more so now, that people take interest in your life experience. It makes participation easier
I wonder why you include, "if they decide to attend college," rahter than AFTER the decision has been made. Are you looking for a link/connection decidiing factor in first-generation? I ask because many colleges have programs for first generation students to provide many services, eg. support, tutring, etc. Recruiting students from such groups would yield a lot of participants. Also, students who decie at one point in HS might end up not attenind in the fall, which will "mess uo" your subjects. There are also community groups / agencies with such programs for HS students.
I wll be happy ti help you find such progrmas ore HS or in colleges, if you can contact me individually.
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