Comparison of methods of analysis using data of the panel study of the Federal Institute for Population Research (BIB).

Abstract

The author compares methods of analysis using data from a panel study of the Federal Republic of Germany's Institute for Population Research. "This does not only involve a comparison of the methods as such, but above all also a comparison of the results (of these methods), of their presentation and of the possibilities of interpreting them. The three programmes selected for this paper represent methods for...so-called multivariate analysis, in particular for the analysis of non-metric data as they are included in the panel study...." Data are for a sample of 1,868 women interviewed at least twice and concern women's educational status and the qualities of motherhood.