Papers Presented at the U.S. Census - PSID Conference on the Event History Calendar Method

The PSID hosted a two-day conference on the Event History Calendar Method for the U.S. Census Bureau on December 5-6, 2007 in Washington, DC. The goal of the conference was to provide scientific expertise to the Census in the enhancement of the SIPP in the area of event history calendars as a data collection tool.

Below is the list of papers presented at the conference.

• Dating Major Life Events using a CAPI/CASI Event History Calendar in Add Health.
  
• Event History Data: Lessons from the NSLY79.
  
• Programming and Implemenation of Two Event History Calendars in the Panel Study of Income Dynamics.
  
• Examining the Impact of Event History Calendar Interviewing on Data Quality from Disadvantaged Respondents.
  
• Impact of the Event History Calendar on Seam Effects in the PSID: Lessons for SIPP.
  
• Training Issues for Using the EHC Method within SIPP.
  
• Description of plans for a SIPP calendar validation study: Study design and analysis.
  
• The Use of Landmark Events in EHC-Interviews to Enhance Recall Accuracy.
  
• The Design and Use of an Event History Calendar in the Los Angeles Family and Neighborhood Survey: Results and Lessons.
  
• A Multi-Method Evaluation of the Use of an Event History Calendar.
  
• Seam Bias in the 2004 SIPP Panel: Much Improved, but Much Bias Still Remains.
  
• Timeline Data Collection and Analysis: Time Diaries and Event History Calendar Methods.