Longitudinal And Cross Sectional Weighting Of The Survey Of Labour And Income Dynamics PDF Download

The Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics (SLID), introduced in the 1993 reference year, is a longitudinal panel survey of individuals. Its goal is to measure changes in the economic well-being of individuals and the factors that influence those changes, especially key factors in the areas of demographic and family characteristics and labour market activity. Weighting a longitudinal survey can sometimes be a major methodological challenge, not only because of its longitudinal and cross-sectional dimensions, but also because of the dynamic nature of the panel (which is in turn due to the ever-changing composition of families and households). The main purpose of this report is to describe the various steps in the longitudinal and cross-sectional weighting process for the 2003 reference year. A second objective is to inform the reader of future developments and forthcoming changes affecting weighting. The report consists of five sections. The survey's methodology is discussed in section 3. Section 4 presents the steps in the longitudinal weighting process, from determination of the initial weights to calculation of the final ones, while section 5 covers the various steps in the cross-sectional weighting process. It should be noted that the longitudinal and cross-sectional aspects are combined in the description of some of the weighting steps. Section 6 looks to the future, and section 7 contains the report's conclusion. This report is an update of Lévesque and Franklin's 2000 report on SLID's weighting.--Document.