Support #2254
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Weights for repeated cross sectional study
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Hi,
I am working on Understanding Society as a repeated cross-sectional study looking only for participants between 16-30 years old in each wave with the purpose of conducting group based trajectory modelling; participants have to appear at least in two time points. From the support #1739 it seems I can use cross-sectional weights, but I just wanted to make sure this is the right approach or are there any other recommended practices?
Thank you.
Best wishes,
Martina
Updated by Understanding Society User Support Team 2 months ago
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Updated by Olena Kaminska 2 months ago
Martina,
Thank you. If you use information within people longitudinally (e.g. you compare between time points) you would need longitudinal weights.
For more information read here:
https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/working-papers/2024-01.pdf
Hope this helps,
Olena
Updated by Martina Lippi 2 months ago
Hi Olena,
Thank you for your reply.
However, since the data is repeated cross-sectional, per each wave not every participant will appear longitudinally that is why the focus is not on individual changes but population changes over time; this is what is creating confusion over whether I should use cross-sectional or longitudinal. I hope you can definitely confirm the required weights.
Many thanks
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Updated by Olena Kaminska about 2 months ago
Martina,
If you are using each wave cross-sectionally, why do you require for participants to have answers in at least 2 waves?
Olena