Longitudinal And Cross Sectional Weighting Of The Survey Of Labour And Income Dynamics 2003 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.