Attrition and selectivity of the NEPS starting cohorts: an overview of the past 8 years

Sabine Zinn, Ariane Würbach, Hans Walter Steinhauer, Angelina Hammon
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Abstract

This article documents the number of target persons participating in the panel surveys of the National Educational Panel Study (NEPS) as well as the number of respondents who temporarily dropout and of those leaving the panel (attrition). NEPS comprises panel surveys with six mutually exclusive starting cohorts covering the complete life span. Sample sizes, numbers of participants and temporary as well as final dropouts and participation rates are reported in detail for each wave and for subsamples, if applicable. Sample particularities, such as the conversion of temporary dropouts into final ones, are elaborated on. All figures presented are derived from the corresponding Scientific Use Files (SUFs) published by February 1, 2018. Selectivity due to attrition (i.e., final dropouts) is studied. For this purpose, we examine how attrition distorts the NEPS samples with respect to relevant design variables (such as stratification criteria) and panel member characteristics (like sex and birth year). In detail, we study the panel status of each panel member, that is being part of the panel or having dropped out finally, along all of the panel waves with respect to starting cohort and population specific characteristics. We conclude this article with some recommendations for dealing with the detected selection bias in statistical analyses.

NEPS启动队列的损耗和选择性:过去8年的综述
本文记录了参与国家教育小组研究(NEPS)小组调查的目标人数,以及暂时辍学和离开小组的受访者人数(自然减员)。NEPS包括六个相互排斥的起始队列的小组调查,涵盖整个寿命。如适用,将详细报告每波和子样本的样本量、参与者人数、临时和最终辍学率以及参与率。详细阐述了样本的特殊性,如将临时辍学者转换为最终辍学者。所提供的所有数字均来源于截至2018年2月1日发布的相应科学使用文件(SUF)。研究了因损耗(即最终辍学)而产生的选择性。为此,我们研究了损耗如何在相关设计变量(如分层标准)和小组成员特征(如性别和出生年份)方面扭曲NEPS样本。详细地说,我们研究了每个小组成员的小组状态,即是小组的一部分或最终退出,以及关于起始队列和特定人群特征的所有小组波动。在这篇文章的最后,我们提出了一些建议来处理统计分析中检测到的选择偏差。
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