Researching social and economic change : the uses of household panel studies / edited by David Rose.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Rose, David, 1947 February 17-

Series:

Social research today (Routledge (Firm))

Social research today

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Panel analysis.

Household surveys.

Physical Description:

xxiii, 307 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2000.

Summary:

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. This title available in eBook format. Click here for more information. Visit our eBookstore at: www.ebookstore.tandf.co.uk.

Contents:

Part I Introducing household panels 1

1 Household panel studies: an overview / David Rose 3

Society and social change 4

Social science and social change 5

Social surveys and social change 7

The design of household panels 13

Panel data quality 15

Analytical advantages of household panel surveys 20

Household panel surveys and social policy 27

Plan and purpose of the book 29

2 Panel surveys: adding the fourth dimension / Graham Kalton, Constance F. Citro 36

Panel surveys 40

3 Using panel studies to understand household behaviour and well-being / Greg Duncan 54

The structure of household panel surveys 55

Analytical advantages of panel surveys 56

Possible disadvantages of panel surveys 65

Avoiding the disadvantages: elements of high-quality panel data 70

Part II Panel data quality 77

4 Panel attrition / Jeroen W. Winkels, Suzanne Davies Withers 79

Attrition

the panel researcher's nightmare? 80

does it make a difference? 81

is it associated with behaviour? 87

5 Weighting in household panel surveys / Graham Kalton, Michael Brick 96

Wave non-response 98

Weighting methods 103

Cross-sectional estimation 109

6 Dealing with measurement error in panel analysis / Chris Skinner 113

The analysis of transitions between states 114

Event history analysis 120

7 Tangled webs of family relationships: untangling them with survey data / Martha S. Hill, Marita A. Servais, Peter Solenberger 126

Nature of the problem and its treatment 127

Building blocks for relationships 135

Building the algorithm 137

Constructing a manageable set of codes 140

An illustrative example of using the file 143

8 Dissemination issues for panel studies: metadata and documentation / Marcia Freed Taylor 146

Why disseminate data? 146

The case for good documentation of research data 147

Documentation and metadata 148

Documentation of household panels 152

Part III Panel data analyses 163

9 Dynamics of poverty and determinants of poverty transitions: results from the Dutch socioeconomic panel / Ruud J. A. Muffels 165

The definition and calculation of three poverty lines 166

Trend analysis 1985-8 169

The analysis of income and poverty mobility 169

Duration of poverty 175

The determinants of spell beginnings and spell endings 181

10 Low-income dynamics in 1990s Britain / Sarah Jarvis, Stephen P. Jenkins 188

Data and definitions 189

Low-income dynamics 191

Low-income exit and re-entry rates 194

Who are the persistently poor? 199

Who moves out of low income? Who moves in? 202

The characteristics of low-income escapers and entrants 204

11 A new approach to poverty dynamics / Karl Ashworth, Martha S. Hill, Robert Walker 210

Rationale 211

The analysis 214

Results 217

12 Using panel data to analyse household and family dynamics / John Ermisch 230

Methods 231

First partnerships 232

Leaving the parental home and returning to it 236

Econometric models of home leaving and return 239

Duration of partnerships 243

13 Using panel surveys to study migration and residential mobility / Nicholas Buck 250

The British Household Panel Study (BHPS) 254

Migration distances and motivations 257

Household composition change 259

Moving preferences 261

Correlates of migration in the BHPS 265.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [273]-297) and index.

ISBN:

1857285468

1857285476

OCLC:

44414084