Longitudinal studies
Define - ANS Research done over long period of time where sample stays the same
Why use them? - ANS - allows to measure society over time
- allows comparisons to be made
- correlations can be identified
- cause and effect relationship established
- measure things like poverty over life chances
Example- 7Up series 1964 - ANS - followed lives of 14 British children aged 7 from different backgrounds
- returned every 7 years to see how their lives changed
- most recent documentary 63 Up was filmed in 2019
Birth cohort studies - ANS - people of certain age groups studied throughout their lives
- centre for longitudinal studies UCL conducts national studies
Household panel survey - ANS - households are studied and info collected
- each collection of data referred to as a wave
E.g., birth cohort - national child development study - ANS - follows lives of 17k babies born in one week
of 1958
- collected using questionnaires and structured interviews
E.g., British household panel survey - ANS - gain idea of economic and social change in British
households
Define - ANS Research done over long period of time where sample stays the same
Why use them? - ANS - allows to measure society over time
- allows comparisons to be made
- correlations can be identified
- cause and effect relationship established
- measure things like poverty over life chances
Example- 7Up series 1964 - ANS - followed lives of 14 British children aged 7 from different backgrounds
- returned every 7 years to see how their lives changed
- most recent documentary 63 Up was filmed in 2019
Birth cohort studies - ANS - people of certain age groups studied throughout their lives
- centre for longitudinal studies UCL conducts national studies
Household panel survey - ANS - households are studied and info collected
- each collection of data referred to as a wave
E.g., birth cohort - national child development study - ANS - follows lives of 17k babies born in one week
of 1958
- collected using questionnaires and structured interviews
E.g., British household panel survey - ANS - gain idea of economic and social change in British
households
