Template-type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Author-Name: Noah Uhrig, S.C.
Title: The nature and causes of attrition in the British Household Panel Study
Abstract: Panel attrition is a process producing data absent from panel records due to survey non-participation or other data unavailability. I examine the nature and causes of attrition resulting from non-contact and survey refusal in the British Household Panel Study. Focusing on non-response transitions amongst Wave 1 respondents using discrete time transition models, I locate attrition at first non-response over the first 14 waves. Physical impediments to contact, less time spent at home and high likelihood of geographic mobility are predictive of subsequent non-contact. Refusals most often result from lack of interest in the survey and general low motivation to participate.

Creation-Date: 20080215
Number: 2008-05
Publication-Status: published
File-URL: https://www.iser.essex.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/files/working-papers/iser/2008-05.pdf
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Handle: RePEc:ese:iserwp:2008-05