Lugtig, PJ (2014) 'Panel Attrition: Separating Stayers, Fast Attriters, Gradual Attriters, and Lurkers.' Sociological Methods & Research, 43 (4). pp. 699-723. ISSN 0049-1241

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Abstract

Attrition is the process of dropout from a panel study. Earlier studies into the determinants of attrition study respondents still in the survey and those who attrited at any given wave of data collection. In many panel surveys, the process of attrition is more subtle than being either in or out of the study. Respondents often miss out on one or more waves, but might return after that. They start off responding infrequently, but more often later in the course of the study. Using current analytical models, it is difficult to incorporate such response patterns in analyses of attrition. This article shows how to study attrition in a latent class framework. This allows the separation of different groups of respondents, that each follow a different and distinct process of attrition. Classifying attriting respondents enables us to formally test substantive theories of attrition and its effects on data accuracy more effectively.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	panel surveys attrition latent class analysis nonresponse error LISS
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) H Social Sciences > HA Statistics
Divisions:	Faculty of Social Sciences Faculty of Social Sciences > Institute for Social and Economic Research
SWORD Depositor:	Elements
Depositing User:	Elements
Date Deposited:	06 Feb 2015 11:46
Last Modified:	06 Jan 2022 13:38
URI:	http://repository.essex.ac.uk/id/eprint/12658

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