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Title: Respondent Attrition vs Data Attrition and Their Reduction

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Publication Year: 2013

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Abstract: For the last three decades, assessments of the future of survey data collection have had a significant focus on longitudinal surveys. Among the three major surveys sponsored by NSF, the PSID has always been known as longitudinal survey and for good reason. It tracked respondents coming from the Survey of Economic Opportunity plus an augmentation sample, for decades. Using yearly, and later biennial, surveys the PSID collects data on the household and its evolution through time. The other two main NSF-sponsored surveys - the ANES and the GSS are primarily thought of as cross-sectional, but longitudinal elements have been present in these two surveys for decades...

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Authors: Olsen, Randall J.

Publisher: Ohio State University

Data Collections: IPUMS USA, IPUMS CPS

Topics: Methodology and Data Collection

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