Researching social and economic change :the uses of household panel studies
London ; New York
Routledge
2000
xxiii, 703 p.Eables, graphs
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Machine generated contents note: List of figures xiv -- List of tables xv -- Notes on contributors xviii -- Acknowledgements xxii --PART I -- Introducing household panels 1 -- 1 Household panel studies: an overview 3 -- DAVID ROSE -- Introduction 3 -- Society and social change 4 -- Social science and social change 5 -- Social surveys and social change 7 -- The design of household panels 31 -- Panel data quality 51 -- Analytical advantages of household panel surveys 02 -- Household panel surveys and social policy 72 -- Plan and purpose of the book 92 -- 2 Panel surveys: adding the fourth dimension 63 -- GRAHAM KALTON AND CONSTANCE F. CITRO -- Introduction 63 -- Panel surveys 04 -- Conclusion 15 -- 3 Using panel studies to understand household behaviour and well-being 45 -- GREG DUNCAN -- Introduction 45 -- The structure of household panel surveys 55 -- Analytical advantages ofpanel surveys 65 -- Possible disadvantages ofpanel surveys 56 -- Avoiding the disadvantages: elements of high-quality panel data 07 -- Conclusion 37 --PART II -- Panel data quality 77 -- 4 Panel attrition 97 -- JEROEN W. WINKELS AND SUZANNE DAVIES WITHERS -- Introduction 97 -- Attrition - the panel researcher's nightmare? 08 -- Attrition - does it make a difference? 18 -- Attrition - is it associated with behaviour? 78 -- Conclusion 39 -- 5 Weighting in household panel surveys 69 -- GRAHAM KALTON AND MICHAEL BRICK -- Introduction 69 -- Wave non-response 89 -- Weighting methods 301 -- Cross-sectional estimation 901 -- Conclusion 111 -- 6 Dealing with measurement error in panel analysis 311 -- CHRIS SKINNER -- Introduction 311 -- The analysis of transitions between states 411 -- Event history analysis 021 -- Conclusion 521 -- 7 Tangled webs of family relationships: untangling them with survey data 621 -- MARTHA S. HILL, MARITA A. SERVAIS AND PETER SOLENBERGER -- Introduction 621 -- Nature of the problem and its treatment 721 -- Building blocksfor relationships 531 -- Building the algorithm 731 -- Constructing a manageable set of codes 041 -- An illustrative example of using the file 341 -- Summary and conclusion 441 -- 8 Dissemination issues for panel studies: metadata and documentation 641 -- MARCIA FREED TAYLOR -- Introduction 641 -- Why disseminate data? 641 -- The casefor good documentation of research data 741 -- Documentation and metadata 841 -- Documentation of household panels 251 -- Conclusion 161 --PART III -- Panel data analyses 361 -- 9 Dynamics of poverty and determinants of poverty transitions: results from the Dutch -- socioeconomic panel 561 -- RUUDJ. A. MUFFELS -- Introduction 561 -- The definition and calculation of three poverty lines 661 -- Trend analysis 5891-8 961 -- The analysis of income and poverty mobility 961 -- Duration ofpoverty 571 -- The determinants of spell beginnings and spell endings 181 -- Conclusion 681 -- 01 Low-income dynamics in 0991s Britain 881 -- SARAHJARVIS AND STEPHEN P. JENKINS -- Introduction 881 -- Data and definitions 981 Low-income dynamics 191 -- Low-income exit and re-entry rates 491 -- Who are the persistently poor? 991 -- Who moves out of low income? Who moves in? 202 -- The characteristics of low-income escapers and entrants 402 -- Conclusion 702 -- 11 A new approach to poverty dynamics 012 -- KARL ASHWORTH, MARTHA S. HILL AND ROBERT WALKER -- Introduction 012 -- Rationale 112 -- The analysis 412 -- Method 612 -- Results 712 -- Discussion 622 -- Conclusion 822 -- 21 Using panel data to analyse household and family dynamics 032 -- JOHN ERMISCH -- Introduction 032 -- Methods 132 -- First partnerships 232 -- Leaving the parental home and returning to it 632 -- Econometric models of home leaving and return 932 -- Duration of partnerships 342 -- Conclusion 842 -- 31 Using panel surveys to study migration and residential mobility 052 -- NICHOLAS BUCK -- Introduction 052 -- The British Household Panel Study )BHPS( 452 -- Migration distances and motivations 752 -- Household composition change 952 -- Moving preferences 162 -- Correlates of migration in the BHPS 562 -- Conclusion 172 --Bibliography 372 -- Index 892.