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Correlates of Obtaining Informed Consent to Data Linkage
Sala, Emanuela; Burton, Jonathan; Knies, Gundi - In: Sociological Methods & Research 41 (2012) 3, pp. 414-439
to give their consent. Using an unprecedented set of respondent, interview, and interviewer characteristics derived from … the British Household Panel Survey (BHPS) matched with an interviewer survey, this research investigates which … characteristics influence consent to adding health and social security records to the survey responses. We find that consent is …
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Linking Survey and Administrative Records
Sakshaug, Joseph W.; Couper, Mick P.; Ofstedal, Mary Beth; … - In: Sociological Methods & Research 41 (2012) 4, pp. 535-569
informed consent from respondents. Obtaining consent from all respondents is a difficult challenge and one that faces … significant resistance. Consequently, data linkage consent rates vary widely from study to study. Several studies have found … underlying mechanisms of consent from a theory-driven perspective. In this study, we describe and test several hypotheses related …
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Which Schools and Pupils Respond to Educational Achievement Surveys? A Focus on the English PISA Sample
Schnepf, Sylke V.; Durrant, Gabriele B.; Micklewright, John - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
Using logistic and multilevel logistic modelling we examine non-response at the school and pupil level to the important educational achievement survey Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) for England. The analysis exploits unusually rich auxiliary information on all schools and...
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Non-Response Biases in Surveys of School Children: The Case of the English PISA Samples
Micklewright, John; Schnepf, Sylke V.; Skinner, Chris - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
We analyse response patterns to an important survey of school children, exploiting rich auxiliary information on respondents' and non-respondents' cognitive ability that is correlated both with response and the learning achievement that the survey aims to measure. The survey is the Programme for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008592862
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Ethnic parity in labour market outcomes for benefit claimants in Great Britain
Crawford, Claire; Dearden, Lorraine; Mesnard, Alice; … - Department of Quantitative Social Science, Institute of … - 2010
Accurate estimates of the extent of ethnic parity amongst benefit claimants are very important for policymakers who provide interventions for these groups. We use new administrative data on benefit claimants in Great Britain to document differences in labour market outcomes between Ethnic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008542889
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Non-response biases in surveys of school children: the case of the English PISA samples
Micklewright, John; Schnepf, Sylke V.; Skinner, Chris - Department of Quantitative Social Science, Institute of … - 2010
We analyse response patterns to an important survey of school children, exploiting rich auxiliary information on respondents’ and non-respondents’ cognitive ability that is correlated both with response and the learning achievement that the survey aims to measure. The survey is the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008542893
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The Role of Islamic Banking System as the Milestone towards Indonesia Micro Economy Development
Rahajeng, DIAN - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
As the largest Muslim community in the world, Indonesia is optimist on implementing Islamic economy as one of the system. The previous global financial turmoil has made the attention turn on the Islamic financial model, and in particular the Islamic banking system. This model offers a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011260099
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Improvements and Future Challenges in the Field of Genetically Sensitive Sample Designs
Spinath, Frank M. - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2008
BHPS (Understanding Society) in the UK or the SOEP in Germany, combined with an oversampling of twins, provide a powerful …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005018689
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Improvements and Future Challenges in the Field of Genetically Sensitive Sample Designs
Spinath, Frank M. - Rat für Sozial- und Wirtschaftsdaten (RatSWD), … - 2008
BHPS (Understanding Society) in the UK or the SOEP in Germany, combined with an oversampling of twins, provide a powerful …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008678601
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Patterns of Consent: Evidence from a General Household Survey
Jenkins, Stephen P.; Cappellari, Lorenzo; Lynn, Peter; … - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2005
We analyse consent patterns and consent bias in the context of a large general household survey, the 'Improving survey … measurement of income and employment' (ISMIE) survey, also addressing issues that arise when there are multiple consent questions … are biases in consent to data linkage with benefit and tax credit administrative records held by the Department for Work …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005068959