Estimation of panel correlations for the Canadian Labour Force Survey / Hyunshik Lee.: CS11-613/89-23E-PDF

"The Canadian Labour Force Survey uses the rotation panel design. Every month, one sixth of the sample rotates and five sixths remain. Hence, under this rotation scheme, once a rotation panel enters in the sample, it stays 6 months in the sample before it rotates out. Because of this design feature, the estimates based on the same panel in different months are highly correlated. Moreover, when a rotation panel rotates out, a neighbouring rotation panel usually rotates in. Since they are geographically close, estimates based on the neighbouring rotation panels are also correlated. These correlations are called panel correlations: their magnitudes are variable-specific and time-dependent. This paper describes a methodology for estimating the panel correlations and presents estimated correlations for selected variables using 1980-81 and 1985-87 data. The work was originated for the study of composite estimation technique. However, the results are useful in any situation in which the panel correlation plays a role"--Abstract.

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Publication information
Department/Agency Canada. Statistics Canada. Social Survey Methods Division.
Title Estimation of panel correlations for the Canadian Labour Force Survey / Hyunshik Lee.
Series title Working paper ; 89-23
Publication type Series - View Master Record
Language [English]
Format Electronic
Electronic document
Note(s) Digitized edition from print [produced by Statistics Canada].
"Working paper no. SSMD-89-023 E."
Includes bibliographic references.
Prefatory material in English and French.
Publishing information Ottawa : Statistics Canada, 1989.
Author / Contributor Lee, Hyunshik,1947-
Description 20 p.
Catalogue number
  • CS11-613/89-23E-PDF
Departmental catalogue number 11-613E
Subject terms Surveys
Methodology
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