Survey Data Harmonization in the Social Sciences

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• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1119712173
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1119712176
• Author:  Irina Tomescu-Dubrow, Christof Wolf, Kazimierz M Slomczynski, J Craig Jenkins

In Survey Data Harmonization in the Social Sciences, a team of distinguished social science researchers delivers a comprehensive collection of ex-ante and ex-post harmonization methodologies in the context of specific longitudinal and cross-national survey projects. The book examines how ex-ante and ex-post harmonization work individually and in relation to one another, offering practical guidance on harmonization decisions in the preparation of new data infrastructure for comparative research.

Contributions from experts in sociology, political science, demography, economics, health, and medicine are included, all of which give voice to discipline-specific and interdisciplinary views on methodological challenges inherent in harmonization. The authors offer perspectives from Europe and the United States, as well as Africa, the latter of which provides insights rarely featured in survey research methodology handbooks.

Table of contents:

1 Objectives and Challenges of Survey Data Harmonization

2 The Effects of Data Harmonization on the Survey Research Process

Part I Ex-ante harmonization of survey instruments and non-survey data 

3 Harmonization in the World Values Survey

4 Harmonization in the Afrobarometer

5 Harmonization in the National Longitudinal Surveys of Youth (NLSY

6 Harmonization in the Comparative Study of Electoral Systems (CSES) Projects

7 Harmonization in the East Asian Social Survey

8 Ex-ante Harmonization of Official Statistics in Africa (SHaSA)

Part II Ex-post harmonization of national social surveys 

9 Harmonization for Cross-National Secondary Analysis: Survey Data Recycling

10 Harmonization of Panel Surveys: The Cross-National Equivalent File

11 Harmonization of Survey Data from UK Longitudinal Studies: CLOSER

12 Harmonization of Census Data: IPUMS – International

Part III Domain-driven ex-post harmonization

15 Harmonization and Quality Assurance of Income and Wealth Data: The Case of LIS

16 Ex-Post Harmonization of Time Use Data: Current Practices and Challenges in the Field

Part IV Further Issues: Dealing with Methodological Issues in Harmonized Survey Data 

17 Assessing and Improving the Comparability of Latent Construct Measurements in Ex-Post Harmonization18 Comparability and Measurement Invariance

19 On the Creation, Documentation, and Sensible Use of Weights in the Context of Comparative Surveys

20 On Using Harmonized Data in Statistical Analysis: Notes of Caution

21 On the Future of Survey Data Harmonization

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