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Representativeness in panel surveys

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  • Annamaria Bianchi
  • Silvia Biffignandi

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A panel is a set of units recruited and used in successive surveys. When the sample unit is the household, so-called R-indicators together with the comparison of distributions of certain variables to those known in the total population help to measure the representativeness of the panel. The method is applied to Understanding Society, a U.K. household longitudinal study. At each wave, under- and over-represented groups of individuals are identified. This allows the implementation of better survey designs and procedures to reduce the bias of nonresponse.

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  • Annamaria Bianchi & Silvia Biffignandi, 2017. "Representativeness in panel surveys," Mathematical Population Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 24(2), pages 126-143, April.
  • Handle: RePEc:taf:mpopst:v:24:y:2017:i:2:p:126-143
    DOI: 10.1080/08898480.2016.1271650
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    1. Clara Tattoni & Gianluca Grilli & Jorge Araña & Marco Ciolli, 2021. "The Landscape Change in the Alps—What Postcards Have to Say about Aesthetic Preference," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(13), pages 1-15, July.
    2. Friedel Sabine & Birkenbach Tim, 2020. "Evolution of the Initially Recruited SHARE Panel Sample Over the First Six Waves," Journal of Official Statistics, Sciendo, vol. 36(3), pages 507-527, September.
    3. Annamaria Bianchi & Silvia Biffignandi, 2019. "Social Indicators to Explain Response in Longitudinal Studies," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 141(3), pages 931-957, February.

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