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Author: O'Muircheartaigh, Colm
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1. Pedlow, Steven
O'Muircheartaigh, Colm
Combining Samples versus Cumulating Cases: A Comparison of Two Weighting Strategies in NLSY97
Presented: New York, NY, Annual Meeting of the American Statistical Association, August 11-15, 2002
Cohort(s): NLSY97
Publisher: American Association of Public Opinion Research
Keyword(s): Longitudinal Surveys; Sample Selection; Sampling Weights/Weighting; Statistical Analysis

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Also presented: Portland, OR, American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR) 55th Annual Conference Meetings, May 2000.

AAPOR SESSION E: Impact of Telephone Sampling Design on Sample Efficiency and Bias -- Friday 5/19/2000 1. Introduction. The National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY97) is the latest in a series of surveys sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) to examine issues surrounding youth entry into the work force and subsequent transitions in and out of the work force. The NLSY97 is following a cohort of approximately 9,000 youths who completed an interview in 1997 (the base year). These youths were between 12 and 16 years of age as of December 31, 1996, and are being interviewed annually using a mix of some core questions asked annually and varying subject modules. We will compare two different weighting strategies for the first three rounds of NLSY97 data.

In order to improve the precision of estimates for minority youths, the overall study design for NLSY97 included a large oversample of Hispanic youths and non-Hispanic black youths. The overall design resulted in one large screening sample of over 90,000 housing units to generate youth participants for NLSY97. These housing units were drawn from two independent area-probability samples: 1. a crosssectional (CX) sample designed to represent the various segments of the eligible population in their proper population proportions, and 2. a supplemental (SU) sample designed to produce, in the most statistically efficient way, the required oversamples of Hispanic youths and non-Hispanic black youths. This paper’s main concern is with the construction of sampling weights for estimating population characteristics using both samples together. The paper gives more detailed descriptions of the

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Pedlow, Steven and Colm O'Muircheartaigh. "Combining Samples versus Cumulating Cases: A Comparison of Two Weighting Strategies in NLSY97." Presented: New York, NY, Annual Meeting of the American Statistical Association, August 11-15, 2002.