Analyzing Repeated Surveys

Repeated surveys--a technique for asking the same questions to different samples of people--presents researchers with an opportunity to analyze changes in society as a whole. Analyzing Repeated Surveys begins with a thoughtful discussion of the classic issue of how to separate cohort, period, and age effects. It then covers methods for modeling aggregate trends, two methods for estimating cohort replacement's contribution to aggregate trends, a decomposition model for clarifying how microchange contributes to aggregate change, and simple models that are useful for the assessment of changing individual-level effects. Designed for readers with a fundamental background in regression analysis, this book uses illustrative examples and clear prose to provide readers with simple but effective tools for exploiting the repetition in repeated surveys.

Series Editor's Introduction

v

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Preface

vii

1. Introduction

1

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Repeated Surveys: Same Questions, Different Samples

1

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Repeated Surveys Versus Panel Surveys

2

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Analytic Designs for Repeated Surveys

4

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A Note on Terminology

5

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2. Distinguishing Age, Period, and Cohort Effects

6

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Age, Period, and Cohort Effects

6

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The Identification Problem

8

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Strategies for Overcoming the Identification Problem

9

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3. Aggregate Trends

12

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Smoothing Trends

12

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Group Differences in Trends: Convergence and Divergence

14

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Empirical Example of the Divergence Model: Testing the Age Polarization Thesis

17

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4. Decomposing Aggregate Trends

20

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Intracohort Change Versus Overall Change

21

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Linear Decomposition

23

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Empirical Example: Trend in Antiblack Prejudice

26

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Algebraic Decomposition

27

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Empirical Example: Trend in Antiblack Prejudice Revisited

29

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When Does Aggregate Change Outpace Individual Change?

29

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Empirical Example of the Rule: Gender Role Attitudes Concluding Remark

35

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Concluding Remark

35

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5. A General Model for Decomposing Aggregate Change

35

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The Model

36

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Multivariate Decomposition

39

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Example: Declining Voter Turnout in the United States Conclusion

42

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Conclusion

42

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6. Detecting Change in Individual-Level Relationships

42

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The Changing-Parameter Model

42

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General Form of the Model

43

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Significance Tests for Changing Effects

45

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Two Preliminary Examples

46

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Step-by-Step Illustration of Changing-Parameter Analysis: Race and Democratic Party Identification

47

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Net Effects of Race on Democratic Party Identification

56

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Second Illustration of Changing-Parameter Model: Class and Democratic Party Identification

57

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Summary and Extensions

62

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7. Summary: Analyzing Social Change

63

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Notes

66

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References

68

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About the Author

72

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