Food insecurity in the PSID: A comparison with the levels, trends, and determinants in the CPS, 1999–2017

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-36
Author(s):  
Laura Tiehen ◽  
Cody N. Vaughn ◽  
James P. Ziliak
Keyword(s):  
Food Insecurity ◽  
Population Survey ◽  
Panel Study ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Income Dynamics ◽  
Adequate Food ◽  
Trends Over Time ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
The U.S ◽  
Over Time

Food insecurity, defined as a condition of limited or uncertain access to adequate food, is a widely used measure of well-being in the U.S. The survey module in the Current Population Survey (CPS) that is used to generate the official U.S. food insecurity measure is also included on multiple waves of the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID), offering the first opportunity to answer key research questions on the persistence of food insecurity within and across generations. We assess the validity of the food insecurity measure in the PSID by comparing it to the CPS. We find that, although estimated food insecurity rates in the PSID are lower than those in the CPS, the trends over time in the two datasets are similar, and the rates converge from the 1999–2003 period to the 2015–17 period. Our findings lend credence to the use of the PSID for food insecurity research.

scholarly journals Measuring Poverty in Britain as a Multi-dimensional Concept, 1991 to 2003

2008 ◽  
Vol 37 (4) ◽  
pp. 597-620 ◽  
Author(s):  
MARK TOMLINSON ◽  
ROBERT WALKER ◽  
GLENN WILLIAMS
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation Modelling ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Panel Study ◽  
Financial Stress ◽  
Material Deprivation ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Equation Modelling ◽  
Dimensional Measure ◽  
Trends Over Time ◽  
Over Time

AbstractWhile poverty is widely accepted to be an inherently multi-dimensional concept, it has proved very difficult to develop measures that both capture this multi-dimensionality and facilitate comparison of trends over time. Structural equation modelling appears to offer a solution to this conundrum and is used to exploit the British Household Panel Study to create a multi-dimensional measure of poverty. The analysis reveals that the decline in poverty in Britain between 1991 and 2003 was driven by falls in material deprivation, but more especially by reduced financial stress, particularly during the early 1990s. The limitations and potential of the new approach are critically discussed.

scholarly journals Tenure, Turnover, And Earnings Profiles In Germany And The United States

2011 ◽  
Vol 1 (9) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kenneth A. Couch
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Panel Study ◽  
The United States ◽  
Job Turnover ◽  
Income Dynamics ◽  
Employment Tenure ◽  
Returns To Experience ◽  
Using Data ◽  
The U.S ◽  
Male Workers

Employment tenure, job turnover and returns to general and specific skills are examined for male workers in Germany and the United States using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel and the Panel Study of Income Dynamics.  Employment in Germany is characterized by longer duration and less frequent turnover than in the United States.  Returns to experience and tenure are lower in Germany than in the U.S.; however, peak earnings occur later.  This delayed peak in the employment-earnings profile provides an incentive for German workers to remain longer with their employers and change jobs less frequently.

The Psychological Well-Being of Taiwanese Youth

2009 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 397-429 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chin-Chun Yi ◽  
Chyi-In Wu ◽  
Ying-Hwa Chang ◽  
Ming-Yi Chang
Keyword(s):  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Growth Curve ◽  
Panel Study ◽  
School Context ◽  
Subsequent Development ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Quadratic Growth ◽  
School Factors ◽  
Psychological Well Being ◽  
Over Time

This study examines the growth trajectory of the psychological well-being of Taiwanese adolescents from early to late adolescence. Under the competitive educational system in Taiwan, family and school context are two major loci accounting for the developmental outcome. Data are taken from the Taiwan Youth Project, which is a longitudinal panel study of 2696 students since the year 2000. The study uses individual depressive symptoms as the dependent variable. Family cohesion, family educational strategy as well as classroom effects at school are chosen to indicate the potential contextual influence. Using the latent growth curve method, the analysis confirms that family and school factors do produce different effects over time. Family context is salient at the initial status, but not for subsequent development. Class cohesion as well as adolescents' perceptions of unfairness by teachers determine the depressive level, the linear slope and the non-linear quadratic growth curve. In other words, once the adolescent gets used to junior high school, the school context tends to exert more pronounced effects. Further analysis on gender comparisons indicates that selective family and school effects are more pronounced among females, with a greater degree of depressive symptoms over time. The article concludes that while family and school have different impacts on the growth curve of individual depressive symptoms, the school context exerts salient effects over an adolescent's life course.

scholarly journals “Development in well-being and social function among Danish hemophilia patients with HIV: a three-wave panel study spanning 24 years”

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Emilie B. Ingvorsen ◽  
Christina Schnohr ◽  
Terkel Andersen ◽  
Lars Lehrmann ◽  
Eva Funding ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Panel Study ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Social Function ◽  
Severe Hemophilia ◽  
Psychosomatic Symptoms ◽  
Danish Health ◽  
Survey Responses ◽  
Matched Comparison ◽  
Over Time

Abstract Background Between 1975 and 1985 a total of 91 Danish patients with moderate and severe hemophilia (PWH) was infected with HIV constituting a major scandal in the Danish health care system. This study describes the burden of HIV infection among Danish PWH by evaluating changes from 1988 to 2012 in well-being, social function, experiencing stigma and openness about disease among Danish HIV+ PWH. Methods Three anonymous surveys were conducted in 1988, 2001 and 2012 targeting all Danish patients with moderate to severe hemophilia. Survey responses were received from 53, 21 and 18 HIV+ PWH respectively. A matched comparison sample of HIV− PWH was identified for each survey-year, using propensity score matching. Differences for each survey-year and trends over time were analyzed using ordinal logistic regression. Results In 1988, HIV+ PWH had more psychosomatic symptoms than HIV− PWH, but in 2001 life satisfaction was higher among HIV+ PWH than among HIV− PWH. Tests of differences in trend over time showed larger improvements in life satisfaction among HIV+ PWH than HIV− PWH, while HIV− PWH showed an increase in educational level compared to HIV+ PWH. Analysis restricted to HIV+ PWH showed an increase in perceived stigmatization. Conclusions Differences between Danish HIV+ and HIV− PWH regarding well-being and psychosomatic symptoms seem to have evened out between 1988 and 2012. However, results suggest that HIV+ PWH still experience stigmatization and lower levels of education.

scholarly journals The Effects of a Between-Wave Incentive Experiment on Contact Update and Production Outcomes in a Panel Study

2013 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 261-276 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katherine A. McGonagle ◽  
Robert F. Schoeni ◽  
Mick P. Couper
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Overall Response Rate ◽  
Response Rate ◽  
Panel Study ◽  
Response Rates ◽  
Income Dynamics ◽  
Overall Response ◽  
Percentage Points ◽  
Contact Information ◽  
The U.S

Abstract Since 1969, families participating in the U.S. Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID) have been sent a mailing asking them to update or verify their contact information in order to keep track of their whereabouts between waves. Having updated contact information prior to data collection is associated with fewer call attempts, less tracking, and lower attrition. Based on these advantages, two experiments were designed to increase response rates to the between wave contact mailing. The first experiment implemented a new protocol that increased the overall response rate by 7-10 percentage points compared to the protocol in place for decades on the PSID. This article provides results from the second experiment which examines the basic utility of the between-wave mailing, investigates how incentives affect article cooperation to the update request and field effort, and attempts to identify an optimal incentive amount. Recommendations for the use of contact update strategies in panel studies are made.

The Persistent Black-White Gap in and Weakening Link between Expecting to Move and Actually Moving

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 353-370 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas B. Foster
Keyword(s):  
Panel Study ◽  
Income Dynamics ◽  
Black And White ◽  
Socioeconomic Resources ◽  
Racial Gaps ◽  
Relative Inability ◽  
Predictive Relationship ◽  
Actual Mobility ◽  
Over Time ◽  
Do So

This paper leverages four decades of longitudinal data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics to document Black-White gaps in the translation of mobility expectations into actual mobility, track those racial gaps over time in the context of declining mobility among all Americans, and identify a substantial weakening in the ability of both Black and White householders to move when they expect to. Results show a substantial racial gap in the realization of mobility expectations with foundations in the relative inability of Black householders to leverage socioeconomic resources in segmented housing markets. There is no indication of significant improvement or growth in this gap over time. While householders’ expressed expectations are the best predictor of future mobility, this predictive relationship has weakened significantly since 1970, primarily because of a decline in mobility among expectant householders. Trends in the expectation of mobility offer support for the notion that declining mobility is indicative of voluntary “rootedness” among Whites but also suggest that a substantial share of Americans (and Blacks in particular) are increasingly likely to be “stuck” expecting to move but unable to do so.

scholarly journals Family Income Level, Variability, and Trend as Predictors of Child Achievement and Behavior

Demography ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heather D. Hill
Keyword(s):  
Parenting Practices ◽  
Family Income ◽  
Panel Study ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Income Level ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Income Dynamics ◽  
Income Variability ◽  
And Behavior ◽  
Child Achievement

Abstract Recent decades have seen increases in the variability of family income, tepid income growth rates for all but the richest families, and widening income inequality. These trends are concerning for child well-being, given the importance of income to parental investments and parenting practices. Growing evidence suggests that a high level of change is disruptive to family processes and that chronic stress affects physiology as well as psychology. This study used the Panel Study of Income Dynamics Child Development Supplement to estimate associations between three dimensions of childhood income dynamics—level, variability, and trend—and child achievement and behavior. After income level was controlled for, income variability during childhood was not associated with child achievement or behavior, but an increasing five-year trend in income-to-needs was modestly beneficial to behavior measures. Subgroup analysis suggests some adverse effects of income variability and trend on reading and behavior for non-White children but no clear patterns by child's age or family income or wealth levels.

scholarly journals The Effect of EITC Exposure in Childhood on Marriage and Early Childbearing

Demography ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katherine Michelmore ◽  
Leonard M. Lopoo
Keyword(s):  
Income Tax ◽  
White Women ◽  
Panel Study ◽  
Early Adulthood ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Growing Up ◽  
Income Dynamics ◽  
Earned Income ◽  
Black And White ◽  
Using Data

Abstract Using data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics, this study analyzes the effect of exposure to the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) in childhood on marriage and childbearing in early adulthood. Results suggest that EITC exposure in childhood leads women to delay marriage and first births in early adulthood (ages 16–25), but has no effect on men. A $1,000 increase in EITC exposure in childhood leads to a 2%–3% decline in a woman's likelihood of having a first birth and a comparable decline in her likelihood of marrying by her early 20s. We find similar reductions in fertility among Black and White women, though marriage declines are concentrated among White women. Results are focused on children growing up in the bottom half of the income distribution and those who spent the majority of childhood residing with a single parent—two groups that are the primary beneficiaries of the EITC. These findings have important implications for the well-being of individuals exposed to the EITC in childhood, as well as their future children.

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