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PARTICIPATION OF MEXICAN AMERICAN FEMALE ADOLESCENTS IN A LONGITUDINAL PANEL SURVEY |
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| Authors: | ANESHENSEL, CAROL S. BECERRA, ROSINA M. FIELDER, EVE P. SCHULER, ROBERLEIGH H. |
| Affiliation: | Professor in the School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles Professor and Associate Dean of the School of Social Welfare, UCLA Head of Research and Consulting at the Institute for Social Science Research, UCLA Staff Research Associate, School of Public Health, UCLA |
| Abstract: | The sources of systematic sample attrition are examined fora community-based panel survey of 1,023 Mexican American andnon-Hispanic white female adolescents, 874 (85.4%) of whom werereinterviewed after two years. There were few differences betweenMexican Americans born in the United States and non-Hispanicwhites, but Mexican Americans born in Mexico were distinctivelydifferent. The characteristics of the original interview shapethe respondent's concurrent attitude toward repeating the experiencebut do not affect directly subsequent behavior. The resultsdemonstrate that the validity of panel data may be problematiceven when indicators of the survey content do not appear tobe associated directly with loss to follow-up. Attrition exerteda greater impact upon the external than internal validity ofthe panel data. |
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