| Description |
x, 526 p. : ill. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
| Subject |
Public welfare -- Statistical methods.
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Social surveys.
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Public welfare -- Research -- Methodology.
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Electronic books.
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Ver Ploeg, Michele.
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Moffit, Robert A.
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Citro, Constance F. (Constance Forbes), 1942-
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ProQuest (Firm)
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Welfare populations |
| ISBN |
0309076234 (pbk.) |
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