Comparing administrative and survey data: Is information on education from administrative records of the German Institute for Employment Research consistent with survey self-reports?

2019 ◽  
Vol 54 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-25
Author(s):  
Jule Adriaans ◽  
Peter Valet ◽  
Stefan Liebig
Keyword(s):  
Survey Data ◽  
Administrative Records ◽  
Self Reports

Linking Federal Surveys with Administrative Data to Improve Research on Families

2016 ◽  
Vol 669 (1) ◽  
pp. 63-74 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amy O’Hara ◽  
Rachel M. Shattuck ◽  
Robert M. Goerge
Keyword(s):  
Survey Data ◽  
Administrative Data ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Family Relationships ◽  
Census Data ◽  
Federal State ◽  
Great Promise ◽  
Science Literature ◽  
Administrative Records ◽  
State And Local

Linkage of federal, state, and local administrative records to survey data holds great promise for research on families, in particular research on low-income families. Researchers can use administrative records in conjunction with survey data to better measure family relationships and to capture the experiences of individuals and family members across multiple points in time and social and economic domains. Administrative data can be used to evaluate program participation in government social welfare programs, as well as to evaluate the accuracy of reporting on receipt of such benefits. Administrative records can also be used to enhance collection and accuracy of survey and census data and to improve coverage of hard-to-reach populations. This article discusses potential uses of linked administrative and survey data, gives an overview of the linking methodology and infrastructure (including limitations), and reviews social science literature that has used this method to date.

scholarly journals Harnessing Administrative Records for Official Statistics on People and Households

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Misty L Heggeness
Keyword(s):  
Survey Data ◽  
Census Bureau ◽  
Data Sources ◽  
Official Statistics ◽  
Administrative Records ◽  
The Great Depression ◽  
Federal Statistical ◽  
Fiction Writers ◽  
Working Age ◽  
The Impact

The availability and excessiveness of alternative (non-survey) data sources, collected on a daily, hourly, and sometimes second-by-second basis, has challenged the federal statistical system to update existing protocol for developing official statistics. Federal statistical agencies collect data primarily through survey methodologies built on frames constructed from administrative records. They compute survey weights to adjust for non-response and unequal sampling probabilities, impute answers for nonresponse, and report official statistics via tabulations from these survey. The U.S. federal government has rigorously developed these methodologies since the advent of surveys -- an innovation produced by the urgent desire of Congress and the President to estimate annual unemployment rates of working age men during the Great Depression. In the 1930s, Twitter did not exist; high-scale computing facilities were not abundant let alone cheap, and the ease of the ether was just a storyline from the imagination of fiction writers. Today we do have the technology, and an abundance of data, record markers, and alternative sources, which, if curated and examined properly, can help enhance official statistics. Researchers at the Census Bureau have been experimenting with administrative records in an effort to understand how these alternative data sources can improve our understanding of official statistics. Innovative projects like these have advanced our knowledge of the limitations of survey data in estimating official statistics. This paper will discuss advances made in linking administrative records to survey data to-date and will summarize the research on the impact of administrative records on official statistics.

Interpersonal Perceptions and Interviewer Effects in Face-to-Face Surveys

2020 ◽  
pp. 004912412092621
Author(s):  
Simon Kühne
Keyword(s):  
Survey Data ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Survey Design ◽  
Political Issues ◽  
Interpersonal Perceptions ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Interviewer Effects ◽  
Self Reports ◽  
And Training

Survey interviewers can negatively affect survey data by introducing variance and bias into estimates. When investigating these interviewer effects, research typically focuses on interviewer sociodemographics with only a few studies examining the effects of characteristics that are not directly visible such as interviewer attitudes, opinions, and personality. For the study at hand, self-reports of 1,212 respondents and 116 interviewers, as well as their interpersonal perceptions of each other, were collected in a large-scale, face-to-face survey of households in Germany. Respondents and interviewers were presented with the same questions regarding their opinions and mutual perceptions toward social and political issues in Germany. Analyses show that interviewer effects can be largely explained by how an interviewer is seen by respondents. This indicates that some respondents adjust their answers toward anticipated interviewer opinions. Survey practitioners ought to acknowledge this in their survey design and training of interviewers.

scholarly journals Linking survey responses and administrative records without respondent consent to link; a discussion paper

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Frances Burns ◽  
Dermot O Reilly
Keyword(s):  
Survey Data ◽  
Data Linkage ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Research Network ◽  
Discussion Paper ◽  
Sensitive Data ◽  
Administrative Records ◽  
Explicit Consent ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Survey Responses

ABSTRACTObjectives(i) Review the application and interpretation of the Data Protection Act (DPA) 1998; clarifying whether individual consent is required for data linkage for secondary research purposes, in consideration of the policies and principles of the UK Administrative Data Research Network (ADRN). (ii) Determine ethical, logistical or ‘tactical’ factors researchers might have to take into consideration. ApproachLinking survey data to administrative records offer potential advantage to both researchers and survey respondents. Informed, specific and explicit consent is typically a prerequisite for linkage. However, not all respondents consent to data-linkage resulting in a reduced and potentially biased sub-sample for analysis. In Northern Ireland consent rates for record linkage are typically about 50%. Discussion with the ICO confirms that the DPA may encourage rather than restrict research. S33 ‘research exemption’ supports secondary use of survey data subject to conditions such as that is for research purposes, it is not incompatible with the original purpose, and would not cause the data subjects substantial damage or distress. Other DPA principles remain in force; Principle 1 (fair and lawful processing) and the need to make data subjects ‘aware’ of the research: explicit consent is only one route by which this can be achieved. The Processing Sensitive Data Order (2000) protects the privacy of individuals. Research must be of substantial public interest with access only to data necessary to answer the research question. The ADRN enables access to de identified data for research purposes where identified public benefit is independently assured, maintains the privacy of individuals and ensures lawful “conditions of processing” are met. Resulting discussionLegal considerations aside, researchers may face other obstacles; the first is technical as the surveying agency may have deleted all linkable identifiers. The second is ethical as research ethics committee approval is a usual precondition. De-identification of individual subjects should be grounds for ethical approval where the research proposal includes a publication plan with appropriate methods to inform participants of research conducted and findings. Finally, the data custodians may not agree to the linkage for sound ‘tactical’ longer-term reasons, even if convinced of its legality. ConclusionUse of de identified survey data for research purposes is possible via the UK ADRN but raises other considerations for researchers and data custodians. We argue that this option should be used in limited circumstances.

scholarly journals Do Oil Windfalls Improve Living Standards? Evidence from Brazil

2013 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 208-238 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francesco Caselli ◽  
Guy Michaels
Keyword(s):  
Public Good ◽  
Survey Data ◽  
Household Income ◽  
Living Standards ◽  
Public Good Provision ◽  
Government Behavior ◽  
Administrative Records ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
Social Transfers ◽  
Good Provision

We use variation in oil output among Brazilian municipalities to investigate the effects of resource windfalls on government behavior. Oil-rich municipalities experience increases in revenues and report corresponding increases in spending on public goods and services. However, survey data and administrative records indicate that social transfers, public good provision, infrastructure, and household income increase less (if at all) than one might expect given the higher reported spending. (JEL H41, H75, I31, O13, O15, O17, O18)

scholarly journals Childhood self-control forecasts the pace of midlife aging and preparedness for old age

2021 ◽  
Vol 118 (3) ◽  
pp. e2010211118
Author(s):  
Leah S. Richmond-Rakerd ◽  
Avshalom Caspi ◽  
Antony Ambler ◽  
Tracy d’Arbeloff ◽  
Marieke de Bruine ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Early Life ◽  
Healthy Aging ◽  
Adult Life ◽  
Later Life ◽  
Self Control ◽  
Positive Outcomes ◽  
Administrative Records ◽  
Self Reports ◽  
Observer Ratings ◽  
Representative Cohort

The ability to control one’s own emotions, thoughts, and behaviors in early life predicts a range of positive outcomes in later life, including longevity. Does it also predict how well people age? We studied the association between self-control and midlife aging in a population-representative cohort of children followed from birth to age 45 y, the Dunedin Study. We measured children’s self-control across their first decade of life using a multi-occasion/multi-informant strategy. We measured their pace of aging and aging preparedness in midlife using measures derived from biological and physiological assessments, structural brain-imaging scans, observer ratings, self-reports, informant reports, and administrative records. As adults, children with better self-control aged more slowly in their bodies and showed fewer signs of aging in their brains. By midlife, these children were also better equipped to manage a range of later-life health, financial, and social demands. Associations with children’s self-control could be separated from their social class origins and intelligence, indicating that self-control might be an active ingredient in healthy aging. Children also shifted naturally in their level of self-control across adult life, suggesting the possibility that self-control may be a malleable target for intervention. Furthermore, individuals’ self-control in adulthood was associated with their aging outcomes after accounting for their self-control in childhood, indicating that midlife might offer another window of opportunity to promote healthy aging.

scholarly journals “I know what you’re going to ask me” Why respondents don’t read survey questions

2019 ◽  
Vol 61 (4) ◽  
pp. 366-379 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kylie Brosnan ◽  
Nazila Babakhani ◽  
Sara Dolnicar
Keyword(s):  
Survey Data ◽  
Survey Questions ◽  
Self Reports ◽  
Practical Recommendations

Tracking respondents’ eyes while they complete a survey reveals that (a) they do not read instructions, survey questions, and answer options carefully enough, investing only as little as 32% of the required time; (b) their attention diminishes over the course of the survey; and (c) their self-reports of the survey experience do not reflect actual survey completion behavior. As much as 15% of survey data may be negatively affected by systematic respondent inattention. From these findings, we derive practical recommendations on how to improve pre-testing of surveys and how to reduce the likelihood of survey respondents ignoring instructions and not reading survey questions and answer options.

scholarly journals Liquidity Constraint Tightness and Consumer Responses to Fiscal Stimulus Policy

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 351-379 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claus Thustrup Kreiner ◽  
David Dreyer Lassen ◽  
Søren Leth-Petersen
Keyword(s):  
Interest Rate ◽  
Interest Rates ◽  
Survey Data ◽  
Substantial Variation ◽  
Fiscal Stimulus ◽  
Consumer Responses ◽  
Liquidity Constraint ◽  
Administrative Records ◽  
Level Information ◽  
Consumption Theory

The marginal interest rate is the price at which a household can access additional liquidity. Consumption theory posits that variation in marginal interest rates across consumers predicts differences in the propensity to spend a stimulus payment. This hypothesis is tested in the context of a Danish 2009 stimulus policy that transformed illiquid pension wealth into liquid wealth. Marginal interest rates are constructed from administrative records with account level information and merged with survey data measuring the spending response to the stimulus policy. The data reveal substantial variation in marginal interest rates across consumers, and these interest rates predict spending responses. (JEL D14, D15, E21, E43, E62)

scholarly journals Girls’ and Women’s Violence: The Question of General Versus Uniquely Gendered Causes

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 167-189 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peggy C. Giordano ◽  
Jennifer E. Copp
Keyword(s):  
Intimate Partner Violence ◽  
Survey Data ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Intimate Partner ◽  
Social Processes ◽  
Female Victims ◽  
Qualitative Approaches ◽  
Self Reports ◽  
Large Scale Survey

In this review, we consider theory and research focused on girls’ and women's violence, with an emphasis on studies that inform long-running debates about whether uniquely gendered explanations are required to understand such behaviors. The review emphasizes potentially malleable social processes and influences as well as studies that have explored neighborhood, family, and peer-based sources of risk. We also examine contemporary research on precursors of a specific type of aggression—intimate partner violence—where self-reports of perpetration have been found to be similar across gender, but research has consistently shown that the consequences are generally more serious for female victims. Our review draws on findings from analyses of large-scale survey data as well as qualitative approaches that explore meanings and motivations. The results point to significant areas of overlap, as well as some distinctive patterns in gender, support learning, and intersectionality theories, and identify potentially fruitful areas for additional research.

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