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Leveraging Longitudinal Data in Developing Countries

Report of a Workshop

Workshop on Leveraging Longitudinal Data in Developing Countries Committee

Committee on Population

Valerie L. Durrant and Jane Menken, Editors

Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education

National Research Council

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Suggested Citation:"Front Matter." National Research Council. 2002. Leveraging Longitudinal Data in Developing Countries: Report of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10405.
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Suggested citation: National Research Council (2002) Leveraging Longitudinal Data in Developing Countries: Report of a Workshop. Workshop on Leveraging Longitudinal Data in Developing Countries Committee, Committee on Population. Valerie L. Durrant and Jane Menken, editors. Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education. Washington, DC: National Academy Press.

Suggested Citation:"Front Matter." National Research Council. 2002. Leveraging Longitudinal Data in Developing Countries: Report of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10405.
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WORKSHOP ON LEVERAGING LONGITUDINAL DATA IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES COMMITTEE

Jane Menken (Chair),

Institute of Behavioral Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder

Stan Becker,

Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University

Sam Clark,

Population Studies Center, University of Pennsylvania

Ronald H. Gray,

Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University

Allan G. Hill,

Department of Population and International Health, Harvard School of Public Health

David I. Kertzer,

Department of Anthropology, Brown University

James F. Phillips,

Population Council, New York, NY

Barry Popkin,

Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Valerie L. Durrant, Study Director

Barney Cohen, Director,

Committee on Population

Brian Tobachnick, Project Assistant (until August 2001)

Christine Chen, Project Assistant

Ana-Maria Ignat, Project Assistant (since October 2001)

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COMMITTEE ON POPULATION

Jane Menken (Chair),

Institute of Behavioral Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder

Ellen Brennan-Galvin,

Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars, Washington, DC

Janet Currie,

Department of Economics, University of California, Los Angeles

John N. Hobcraft,

Population Investigation Committee, London School of Economics

Charles B. Keely,

Institute for the Study of International Migration, Georgetown University

David I. Kertzer,

Department of Anthropology, Brown University

David A. Lam,

Population Studies Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Cynthia B. Lloyd,

The Population Council, New York

W. Henry Mosley,

Department of Population and Family Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins University

Alberto Palloni,

Center for Demography and Ecology, University of Wisconsin, Madison

James W. Vaupel,

Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany

Kenneth W. Wachter,

Department of Demography, University of California, Berkeley

Linda J. Waite,

Population Research Center, University of Chicago

Barney Cohen, Director

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Preface

This report summarizes the presentations and discussion at the Workshop on Leveraging Longitudinal Data in Developing Countries, organized by the Committee on Population of the National Research Council (NRC), in Washington, D.C., June 21-22, 2001.

The workshop would not have been possible without the efforts of several people, some of whom deserve specific mention. The committee is very grateful to Carolyn Makinson of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation for her persistent interest in this topic that led to the workshop and for her intellectual input during the development of the workshop. Committee on Population member W. Henry Mosley participated in the planning meeting for the workshop. We appreciate his many intellectual contributions, particularly on the history of longitudinal community studies. Funding for the workshop was provided by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, U.S. Agency for International Development, and the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. Fred Binka, Sam Clark, James F. Phillips, and Stephen Tollman participated in an initial planning meeting that helped to shape the workshop before the workshop committee was named.

The staff at the NRC managed the workshop and made it all possible. Valerie L. Durrant, study director, provided a constant intellectual and managerial presence for the project, from the organization of the workshop to the publication of this report. Brian Tobachnick and Ana-Maria Ignat, project assistants, coordinated the travel and arrangements for the work-

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shop and provided administrative support throughout the project. Sabra Bissette Ledent edited the report, and Yvonne Wise managed the manuscript through the publication process. The work was carried out under the general direction of the director of the Committee on Population, Barney Cohen.

The report that constitutes Part I of this volume has been reviewed in draft form by individuals chosen for their diverse perspectives and technical expertise, in accordance with procedures approved by the Report Review Committee of the NRC. The purpose of this independent review is to provide candid and critical comments that will assist the institution in making the published report as sound as possible and to ensure that the report meets institutional standards for objectivity, evidence, and responsiveness to the study charge. The review comments and draft manuscript remain confidential to protect the integrity of the deliberative process.

We thank the following individuals for their participation in the review of this report: John Haaga, Population Reference Bureau, Washington, D.C.; Frank Stafford, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan; and John Wyon, Harvard School of Public Health (emeritus).

Although the reviewers listed above have provided many constructive comments and suggestions, they were not asked to endorse the final draft of the report before its release. The review of this report was overseen by Julie DaVanzo, RAND. Appointed by the NRC, she was responsible for making certain that an independent examination of this report was carried out in accordance with institutional procedures and that all review comments were carefully considered. Responsibility for the final content of this report rests entirely with the authoring committee and the institution.

Also, we thank the reviewers of the two commissioned papers that constitute Part II of this volume: Linda Adair, University of North Carolina; Stan Becker, Johns Hopkins University; Sam Clark, University of Pennsylvania; Ruth Macklin, Albert Einstein College of Medicine; and Duncan Thomas, RAND.

Jane Menken

Chair, Committee on Population

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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 the demographic and health situation of their populations. Research using data from such studies has led to scientific advances and improvements in the well-being of individuals in developing countries. Yet questions remain about the usefulness of these studies relative to their expense (and relative to cross-sectional surveys) and about the appropriate choice of alternative longitudinal strategies in different contexts.

For these reasons, the Committee on Population convened a workshop to examine the comparative strengths and weaknesses of various longitudinal approaches in addressing demographic and health questions in developing countries and to consider ways to strengthen longitudinal data collection and analysis. This report summarizes the discussion and opinions voiced at that workshop.

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