Measuring educational attainment in longitudinal research: challenges and recommendations
| العنوان: | Measuring educational attainment in longitudinal research: challenges and recommendations |
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| المؤلفون: | Naomi J. Hackworth, Fiona Mensah, Jasmine Love, Donna Berthelsen, Jan M. Nicholson, Elizabeth M. Westrupp, Shannon K. Bennetts |
| المصدر: | International Journal of Social Research Methodology. 25:119-126 |
| بيانات النشر: | Informa UK Limited, 2020. |
| سنة النشر: | 2020 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Data collection, 030504 nursing, Interview, 05 social sciences, 050401 social sciences methods, General Social Sciences, Educational attainment, 03 medical and health sciences, 0504 sociology, Telephone interview, Respondent, Agency (sociology), Early childhood, 0305 other medical science, Psychology, Baseline (configuration management), Clinical psychology |
| الوصف: | Demographic data, such as highest level of education attained, are often assumed to be relatively free from measurement error. As part of an evaluation of an early childhood parenting intervention, 654 parents reported their highest level of education via telephone interview at baseline and self-directed questionnaire at follow-up 5.7 years later. At follow-up, 14% reported a lower level of education compared to baseline, indicating measurement error in one of the data collections. Comparison with data collected by an external agency for a subsample of participants (n = 261) 3.2 years after baseline indicated error in both the baseline and follow-up data. Probable causes of error included respondent and interviewer confusion regarding the names of post-school qualifications and item construction incorrectly implying linear pathways through education. We make recommendations around question construction and data collection methods for reducing measurement error in self-reported educational attainment. |
| تدمد: | 1464-5300 1364-5579 |
| URL الوصول: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_________::a6808929b9215be65051f3982e151b7a https://doi.org/10.1080/13645579.2020.1818415 |
| رقم الأكسشن: | edsair.doi...........a6808929b9215be65051f3982e151b7a |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
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