Support #1966
cross-sectional analysis
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I am little confused since I have read a lot about cross-sectional research using the understanding society data: since understanding society is a longitudinal survey- how is a valid cross-sectional analysis a possibility?
I am interested in looking at hours spent on doing housework for South Asians. A single wave does not allow me sufficient data for this analysis. So, if I pool different waves- will this be considered a true cross-secitonal analysis whereby the respondents are different in each wave?
Updated by Understanding Society User Support Team 8 months ago
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Updated by Olena Kaminska 8 months ago
Zahra,
Yes, UKHLS represents people and households cross-sectionally at each wave, and people longitudinally over time. What you are interested is called pooled analysis. Have a read on this forum about it.
Best,
Olena
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Dear Zahra,
Please check our pooling guidance and see if this answers your question. If it doesn't, we are happy to answer your additional questions.
https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/documentation/mainstage/user-guides/main-survey-user-guide/how-to-use-weights-analysis-guidance-for-weights-psu-strata (see the section "Pooling data from different waves for cross-sectional analysis")
Best wishes,
UKHLS User Support
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