Studies of welfare populations : 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.

• Author: ProQuest (Firm)
• TeilnehmendeR: Ver Ploeg, Michele.; Moffit, Robert A.; Citro, Constance F. 1942-; ProQuest (Firm)
• Year of Publication: 2002
• Language: English
• Physical Description: x, 526 p. :; ill.

Table of Contents

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.