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Title: Unstable Inferences? An Examination of Complex Survey Sample Design Adjustments Using the Current Population Survey for Health Services Research
Citation Type: Journal Article
Publication Year: 2006
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ISSN: 0046-9580
DOI: 10.5034/inquiryjrnl_43.3.283
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Abstract: Statistical analysis of the Current Population Survey's Annual Social and Economic Supplement is used widely in health services research. However, the statistical evidence cited from the Current Population Survey (CPS) is not always consistent because researchers use a variety of methods to produce standard errors that are fundamental to significance tests. This analysis examines the 2002 Annual Social and Economic Supplement's (ASEC) estimates of national and state average income, national and state poverty rates, and national and state health insurance coverage rates. Findings show that the standard error estimates derived from the public use CPS data perform poorly compared with the survey design-based estimates derived from restricted internal data, and that the generalized variance parameters currently used by the U.S. Census Bureau in its ASEC reports and funding formula inputs perform erratically. Because the majority of published research (both by academics and Census Bureau analysts) does not mak...
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Authors: Davern, Michael E; Jones, Arthur; Lepkowski, James; Davidson, Gestur; Blewett, Lynn A
Periodical (Full): INQUIRY: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing
Issue: 3
Volume: 43
Pages: 283-297
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