Market for Migrant Domestic and Sex Workers, 2002-2006

UKDA study number:6109

Principal Investigators

O'Connell Davidson, J.
University of Nottingham. School of Sociology and Social Policy
Anderson, B.
University of Oxford. COMPAS (Centre on Migration, Policy and Society)

Sponsor

Economic and Social Research Council

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UK Data Archive, University of Essex, Colchester.

April 2009

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O'Connell Davidson, J. and Anderson, B., Market for Migrant Domestic and Sex Workers, 2002-2006 [computer file]. Colchester, Essex: UK Data Archive [distributor], April 2009. SN: 6109.

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Copyright:
J. O'Connell Davidson and B. Anderson.

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6109 . Market for Migrant Domestic and Sex Workers, 2002-2006

Depositor:

O'Connell Davidson, J. , University of Nottingham. School of Sociology and Social Policy

Principal Investigators:

O'Connell Davidson, J. , University of Nottingham. School of Sociology and Social Policy

Anderson, B. , University of Oxford. COMPAS (Centre on Migration, Policy and Society)

Sponsor:

Economic and Social Research Council
Grant Number: R000239794

Other Acknowledgements:

Interviewers: James Mannion and Jennifer Sano

Abstract:

This is a mixed-methods dataset.

The study explored attitudes towards, and experience of, the markets for migrant domestic and sex workers in the UK and Spain through a combination of interview and survey research. The interviews were structured around a standard set of topics, and examined respondents' attitudes towards gender, race/ethnicity, age, and domestic work/commercial sex. It aimed to examine continuities and discontinuities between domestic work and sex work, paying particular attention to the role of the social/cultural imagination in constructing a market for migrant workers and questions about how this demand relates to broader socially tolerated attitudes towards race, gender, age and sexuality, and to make a contribution to current theorizing on gender, nationality, global interdependence, age, racial/ethnic identities and the complex intersections among these systems.

Main Topics:

Reasons for employing domestic workers; attitudes towards employment relations with domestic workers Experience of commercial sex; attitudes towards gender and sexuality; attitudes towards/beliefs about migrant sex workers

Coverage:

Time Period Covered: 2002 - 2005
Dates of Fieldwork: September 2002 - June 2006
Country: Czech Republic; Hong Kong; Spain; Thailand; United Kingdom
Geography: London; Bangkok; Barcelona; Prague; Madrid; Tenerife
Spatial Units: No spatial unit
Observation Units: Individuals
Kind of Data: Textual data; Numeric data

Universe Sampled:

Location of Units of Observation: Cross-national
Population: Interviewees - People with experience of buying commercial sexual services; control sample; employers of migrant domestic workers; control sample surveys: employers of domestic workers; students; tourists

Methodology:

Time Dimensions: Cross-sectional (one-time) study
Sampling Procedures: Convenience sample
Number of Units: 446 (quantitative); 68 (qualitative)
Method of Data Collection: Face-to-face interview; Telephone interview; Self-completion
Weighting: No weighting used

Language(s) of Written Materials:

Study Description: English
Study Documentation: English

Access:

Access Conditions: The depositor has specified that registration is required and standard conditions of use apply. The depositor may be informed about usage. See terms and conditions for further information.
Availability: ESDS Qualidata, UK Data Archive
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Date of First Release:

3 April 2009

Copyright:

J. O'Connell Davidson and B. Anderson.

File last updated:

20 April 2009