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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455770603321

Titolo

Studies of welfare populations [[electronic resource] ] : data collection and research issues / / Panel on Data and Methods for Measuring the Effects of Changes in Social Welfare Programs ;  Michele Ver Ploeg, Robert A. Moffitt, and Constance F. Citro, editors ; Committee on National Statistics, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, DC, : National Academy Press, c2002

ISBN

1-280-18425-6

9780309509807

9786610184255

0-309-50980-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (537 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

Ver PloegMichele

MoffitRobert A

CitroConstance F <1942-> (Constance Forbes)

Disciplina

362.5/8/072

Soggetti

Public welfare - Statistical methods

Social surveys

Public welfare - Research - Methodology

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Survey data. Designing surveys acknowledging nonresponse/ Robert M. Groves and Mick P. Couper-- Methods for obtaining high response rates in telephone surveys/ David Cantor and Patricia Cunningham-- High response rates for low-income population in-person surveys/ Charlene Weiss and Barbara A. Bailar-- Paying respondents for survey participation/ Eleanor Singer and Richard A. Kulka-- Adjusting for missing data in low-income surveys/ Leyla Mohadjer and G. Hussain Choudhry-- Measurement error in surveys of the low-income population/ Nancy A. Mathiowetz, Charlie Brown, and John Bound-- Administrative data. Matching and cleaning administrative data/ Robert M. Goerge and Bong Joo Lee-- Access and confidentiality issues with



administrative data/ Henry E. Brady, Susan A. Grand, M. Anne Powell, and Werner Schink-- Measuring employment and income for low-income populations with administrative and survey data/ V. Joseph Hotz and John Karl Scholz-- Administrative data on the well-being of children on and off welfare/ Richard Barth, Eleanor Locklin-Brown, Stephanie Cuccaro-Alamin, and Barbara Needell-- Qualitative data. The right (soft) stuff : qualitative methods and the study of welfare reform/ Katherine S. Newman-- Welfare leavers and welfare dynamics. Studies of welfare leavers : data, methods, and contributions to the policy process/ Gregory Acs and Pamela Loprest. Preexit benefit receipt and employment histories and postexit outcomes of welfare leavers / Michele Ver Ploeg. Experienced-based measures of heterogeneity in the welfare caseload / Robert A. Moffitt. Appendix : agenda of the Workshop on Data Collection for Low-Income and Welfare Populations.