MPC Member Publications

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Title: Making Full Use of the Longitudinal Design of the Current Population Survey: Methods for Linking Records Across 16 Months.

Citation Type: Journal Article

Publication Year: 2014

ISSN: 0747-9662

DOI: 10.3233/JEM-140388

PMCID: PMC4477847

PMID: 26113770

Abstract: Data from the Current Population Survey (CPS) are rarely analyzed in a way that takes advantage of the CPS's longitudinal design. This is mainly because of the technical difficulties associated with linking CPS files across months. In this paper, we describe the method we are using to create unique identifiers for all CPS person and household records from 1989 onward. These identifiers-available along with CPS basic and supplemental data as part of the on-line Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)-make it dramatically easier to use CPS data for longitudinal research across any number of substantive domains. To facilitate the use of these new longitudinal IPUMS-CPS data, we also outline seven different ways that researchers may choose to link CPS person records across months, and we describe the sample sizes and sample retention rates associated with these seven designs. Finally, we discuss a number of unique methodological challenges that researchers will confront when analyzing data from linked CPS files.

Url: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26113770

Url: http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=PMC4477847

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Authors: Drew, Julia A Rivera; Flood, Sarah M; Warren, John Robert

Periodical (Full): Journal of economic and social measurement

Issue: 3

Volume: 39

Pages: 121-144

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IPUMS NHGIS NAPP IHIS ATUS Terrapop