Panel Study of Income Dynamics - A User''s Guide

Income, employment, family composition, health and retirement - are all topics on which the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID) has annually gathered information from more than 4,800 US households. Hill sets out to make this wealth of data more accessible to researchers by reviewing key analysis issues and identifying key variables for the user. Several detailed analysis examples show how to make use of the PSID to estimate earnings regressions, changes in women's income following divorce and the correlation between parents' income and a child's adult income, as well as to create a longitudinal poverty measure.

List of contents

Introduction
Study Design
Field Procedures
Data Preparation
Data Quality
Content
Data Files
Data Analysis
Getting Started

Summary

Income, employment and family composition are all topics on which the Panel Study of Income Dynamics has gathered data from more than 4,800 US households. This text aims to make this data more accessible to researchers by reviewing key analysis issues and identifying key variables for the user.

Product details

• Authors: Martha S. Hill, HILL MARTHA S
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 09.12.1991
• EAN: 9780803942301
• ISBN: 978-0-8039-4230-1
• No. of pages: 104
• Series: Guides to Major Social Science; Guides to Major Social Science; Guides to Major Social Science Data Bases
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Miscellaneous; USA, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Research, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Statistics, United States of America, USA, Social research & statistics, Social research and statistics, Social Research Methods