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The Impact of the Unit of Analysis on Measures of Serial Multiple Program Participation

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The Impact of the Unit of Analysis on Measures of Serial Multiple Program Participation

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Working Paper Number: SIPP-WP-48
The Impact of the Unit of Analysis on Measures of Serial Multiple Program Participation
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The paper is organized as follows: Section B outlines the difficulties associated with the choice of the unit of analysis in longitudinal studies. Section C discusses the data used in the analysis and our technical approach. In section D we provide a framework for our analysis by presenting an overview of the extent and patterns over time of transtions in multiple program participation. Section E presents our findings regarding the impact of the choice of the unit of analysis on the measure of multiple program participation, and, finally, section F summarizes the study and presents our conclusions.

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