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ESRC Strategic Review of Panel and Cohort Studies

ESRC Strategic Review of Panel and Cohort Studies. Key recommendations Jean Martin University of Oxford. Review Team. Jean Martin John Bynner Harvey Goldstein Graham Kalton Paul Boyle Vernon Gayle Andrea Piesse Sam Parsons. Aims of the Review.

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ESRC Strategic Review of Panel and Cohort Studies

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  1. ESRC Strategic Review of Panel and Cohort Studies Key recommendations Jean Martin University of Oxford

  2. Review Team Jean Martin John Bynner Harvey Goldstein Graham Kalton Paul Boyle Vernon Gayle Andrea Piesse Sam Parsons

  3. Aims of the Review • Make scientific case for large scale longitudinal data resources • Review ESRC’s existing portfolio and develop future strategy • BHPS • 1958, 1970 and Millennium birth cohort studies • Other studies • New studies • Assess balance of different types of longitudinal resources needed • Consider methodological and other challenges and appropriate approaches

  4. A National Framework • National Data Strategy/UK Data Forum • Portfolio of longitudinal studies • ESRC major stakeholder • Multi-disciplinary, multi-level, intergenerational studies • Science-based rather than policy driven • Oversight: • Review/continuation of existing studies • Enhancement to meet new needs • Development of new studies

  5. Case for investment: national challenges • Ageing population • Long-term effects of childhood experience in changing social and physical environment • Changes in timing and duration of life course transitions • Bio-techology revolution • Shifts in family formation and structures • Mobility, immigration and emigration • Dynamics of diversity and inequality • Effects of globalisation

  6. Design decisions • Type of design • household panel, cohort etc • Topic coverage • interdisciplinary • Population coverage • general, subgroup, cohort/age group, area • Sample design • over-sampling, refreshment, clustering • Data collection • duration, frequency, topic rotation, mode • Additions • tests, diaries, qualitative, admin data, biomedical data • Harmonisation & comparability

  7. New household panel Need for very much larger panel • Completely separate new panel? • Enhancement of current BHPS? • Designed to allow comparison and combined analysis • Review • topic coverage • frequency of data collection • use of rotating modules/sub-samples • Need task force to do detailed design work

  8. Birth cohort studies: maintain and extend Major gains from extending studies and analysing cohorts together • Expand support for existing studies including intergenerational component • Start new study around 2012 • Consider new design options • Spread over several years? • More than one starting age? • Links to admin data • More biomed data • Review potential of ALSPAC to fill ‘missing cohort’ gap

  9. Strategic planning • Develop major studies as frameworks for more specialised longitudinal studies • Build in data comparability/harmonisation • Link in/collect other types of data • Administrative • Biomarkers • Environmental

  10. Major challenges • Methodology • Attrition, missing data, measurement error, panel maintenance, development studies methodological panels • Capacity building • Training opportunities, training constituencies • Data access and disclosure • Sensitive data, disclosure risk

  11. Collaboration • Between longitudinal study teams • Across scientific disciplines • Between analysts • Between academics and policy researchers • Between UK countries • Internationally • Annual standing conference

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