Longitudinal Surveys of Children

Download or read book Longitudinal Surveys of Children written by National Research Council and Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1998-10-23 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Committee and the Board on Children, Youth, and Families convened in September a workshop to discuss ways to foster greater collaboration and sharing of information among principal investigators of several longitudinal surveys of children. Among many topics discussed were issues of coverage and balance of content, sampling design and weighting, measurement and analysis, field operations, legitimation and retention of cases, data disclosure and dissemination, and resources available for longitudinal studies. The workshop was sponsored by the National Institute on Justice.