Household Panel Studies: An Overview.
ABSTRACT Household panel studies are now widely available to researchers in social science and social policy. This paper discusses the rationale, advantages, mechanics and problems of household panel studies. In the first part of the article, household panels are placed in their social, methodologic...
| Publicado en: | Innovation: The European Journal of Social Sciences Vol. 8; no. 1; pp. 7 - 25 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Mar95
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| Sumario: | ABSTRACT Household panel studies are now widely available to researchers in social science and social policy. This paper discusses the rationale, advantages, mechanics and problems of household panel studies. In the first part of the article, household panels are placed in their social, methodological, scientific and policy contexts. The next two sections deal respectively with design and analysis issues. Finally, there is a brief discussion of the existing national and international panels and their role as social scientific 'observatories'. |
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