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Author: Xia, Kanru
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1. Black, Dan A.
Xia, Kanru
Michael, Robert T.
Propensity to Agree to be an NLSY97 Respondent: Evidence from the Screener Data
Presented: Washington, DC, Bureau of Labor Statistics Conference Center, NLSY97 Tenth Anniversary Conference, May 29-30, 2008.
Also: http://harrisschool.uchicago.edu/Research/conferences/NLSYConf/pdf/BMichael_Propensity_ToBe_NLSY97_Respondent.pdf
Cohort(s): NLSY97
Publisher: U.S. Department of Labor
Keyword(s): Data Quality/Consistency; Research Methodology

This paper uses information from the NLSY97 screener data to model which of the eligible youths did in fact agree to become respondents in the first round of the survey. Reflecting the high quality of the NORC field effort, 92 percent of the eligible youths become NLSY97 respondents. The initial household screener contains information about the youth, the family, and the neighborhood; this information is used to model the propensity to participate in the survey for all eligible youths. For those who did participate – the respondents in the NLSY97 – the paper offers a variable that can be used to correct for selection bias into the survey. That predicted propensity is then compared to the subsequent behavior by the youth regarding completion of later rounds of the survey.
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Black, Dan A., Kanru Xia and Robert T. Michael. "Propensity to Agree to be an NLSY97 Respondent: Evidence from the Screener Data." Presented: Washington, DC, Bureau of Labor Statistics Conference Center, NLSY97 Tenth Anniversary Conference, May 29-30, 2008.