Leveraging Longitudinal Data in Developing Countries

Report of a Workshop

National Research Council, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Committee on Population, Workshop on Leveraging Longitudinal Data in Developing Countries Committee (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

114 Seiten

2002
National Academies Press (Verlag)
978-0-309-08450-5 (ISBN)

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Longitudinal data collection and analysis are critical to social, demographic, and health research, policy, and practice. They are regularly used to address questions of demographic and health trends, policy and program evaluation, and causality. Panel studies, cohort studies, and longitudinal community studies have proved particularly important in developing countries that lack vital registration systems and comprehensive sources of information on the demographic and health situation of their populations. Research using data from such studies has led to scientific advances and improvements in the well-being of individuals in developing countries. Yet questions remain about the usefulness of these studies relative to their expense (and relative to cross-sectional surveys) and about the appropriate choice of alternative longitudinal strategies in different contexts.

For these reasons, the Committee on Population convened a workshop to examine the comparative strengths and weaknesses of various longitudinal approaches in addressing demographic and health questions in developing countries and to consider ways to strengthen longitudinal data collection and analysis. This report summarizes the discussion and opinions voiced at that workshop.

Table of Contents

Front Matter
Report: Leveraging Longitudinal Data in Developing Countries
Demographic Analysis of Community, Cohort, and Panel Data from Low-Income Countries: Methodological Issues
Overview of Ethical Issues in Collecting Data in Developing Countries, with Special Reference to Longitudinal Designs
Appendix A Workshop Agenda
Appendix B Workshop Participants

Valerie L. Durrant and Jane Menken, Editors, Workshop on Leveraging Longitudinal Data in Developing Countries Committee, National Research Council

1 Front Matter; 2 Report: Leveraging Longitudinal Data in Developing Countries; 3 Demographic Analysis of Community, Cohort, and Panel Data from Low-Income Countries: Methodological Issues; 4 Overview of Ethical Issues in Collecting Data in Developing Countries, with Special Reference to Longitudinal Designs; 5 Appendix A Workshop Agenda; 6 Appendix B Workshop Participants

Erscheint lt. Verlag	13.7.2002
Verlagsort	Washington
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Pädiatrie
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Empirische Sozialforschung
ISBN-10	0-309-08450-4 / 0309084504
ISBN-13	978-0-309-08450-5 / 9780309084505
Zustand	Neuware