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The Impact of the Unit of Analysis on Measures of Serial Multiple Program Participation
The Impact of the Unit of Analysis on Measures of Serial Multiple Program Participation
Working Paper Number SIPP-WP-48
The paper is organized as follows: Section B outlines the difficulties associated with the choice of the unit of analysis in longitudinal studies. Section C discusses the data used in the analysis and our technical approach. In section D we provide a framework for our analysis by presenting an overview of the extent and patterns over time of transtions in multiple program participation. Section E presents our findings regarding the impact of the choice of the unit of analysis on the measure of multiple program participation, and, finally, section F summarizes the study and presents our conclusions.
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