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Overview
In this user friendly introduction, European and American experts in the field join forces to explain what panel studies can achieve and to illustrate some of the potential pitfalls in the construction and analysis of panel data. Household panel studies provide one of the most significant national and international resources for analysing social and economic change. This is an essential and accessible introduction for those contemplating the use of panel studies for the first time and will be an invaluable resource for both practicing researchers and the commissioners of research.Synopsis
In this user-friendly introduction, European and American experts in the field join forces to explain what panel studies can achieve and to illustrate some of the potential pitfalls in the construction and analysis of panel data. Household panel studies provide one of the most significant national and international resources for analysing social and economic change. This is an essential and accessible introduction for those contemplating the use of panel studies for the first time and will be an invaluable resource for both practising researchers and the commissioners of research.
Booknews
Academic and industry social policy researchers, statisticians, and geographers, as well as professors of education, economics, sociology, and history present 13 contributions which should serve as a primer for those interested in the purpose, design, conduct, and analysis of household panel studies. Chapters are divided into three sections: introductory issues; panel data quality, including attrition, weighting in surveys, measurement error, untangling family relationships with survey data, and metadata and documentation; and panel data analyses. The latter section addresses such topics as the dynamics of poverty and determinants of poverty transitions, based on results from the Dutch socioeconomic panel; low-income dynamics in 1990s Britain; and using panel surveys to study migration and residential mobility. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)