Leveraging Longitudinal Data in Developing Countries: Report of a Workshop

by National Research Council, Jane A. Menken, Committee On Population, et al.

Longitudinal data collection and analysis are critical to social, demographic, and health research, policy, and practice. They are regularly used to address questions of demographic and health trends, policy and program evaluation, and causality. Panel studies, cohort studies, and longitudinal community studies have proved particularly important in developing countries that lack vital registration systems and comprehensive sources of information on...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309084504
• ISBN13: 9780309084505
• Release Date: July 2002
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 114 Pages