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The effect of events between waves on panel attrition

"Panel surveys suffer from attrition. Most panel studies use propensity models or weighting class approaches to correct for non-random dropout. These models draw on variables measured in a previous wave or from paradata of the study. While it is plausible that they affect contactability and cooperativeness, panel studies usually cannot assess the impact of events between waves on attrition. The amount of change in the population could be seriously underestimated if such events had an effect on participation in subsequent waves. The panel study PASS is a novel dataset for labour market and poverty research. In PASS, survey data on (un)employment histories, income and education of participants are linked to corresponding data from respondents' administrative records. Thus, change can be observed for attritors as well as for continued participants. These data are used to show that change in household composition, employment status or receipt of benefits has an influence on contact and cooperation rates in the following wave. A large part of the effect is due to lower contactability of households who moved. Nevertheless, this effect can lead to biased estimates for the amount of change. After applying the survey's longitudinal weights this bias is reduced, but not entirely eliminated." (author's abstract)

Weitere Titel
Die Wirkung von Ereignissen zwischen den einzelnen Wellen auf Panelmortalität
ISSN
1864-3361
Umfang
Seite(n): 31-43
Sprache
Englisch
Anmerkungen
Status: Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)

Erschienen in
Survey Research Methods, 9(1)

Thema
Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie
Erhebungstechniken und Analysetechniken der Sozialwissenschaften
Panel
Antwortverhalten
Gewichtung
Umfrageforschung
Messung
Fehler
Datenqualität

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Trappmann, Mark
Gramlich, Tobias
Mosthaf, Alexander
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wo)
Deutschland
(wann)
2015

DOI
Letzte Aktualisierung
21.06.2024, 16:27 MESZ

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Objekttyp

  • Zeitschriftenartikel

Beteiligte

  • Trappmann, Mark
  • Gramlich, Tobias
  • Mosthaf, Alexander

Entstanden

  • 2015

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