Remembrances of things past: test-retest reliability of retrospective migration histories
Remembrances of things past: test-retest reliability of retrospective migration histories
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DOI：
10.1111/1467-985x.00257
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发表时间：
2003-01-01
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2
通讯作者：
Thomas, D
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作者：
Smith, JP;Thomas, D
匹配的回顾性生活史数据收集从同一个人在两波的马来西亚家庭生活调查提供了一个独特的机会，以评估质量的长期召回数据在一个迅速变化的发展中国家。回忆的质量，通过间隔12年的事件发生率和日期的一致性来衡量，在教育程度较高的人群中更高。受访者更好地记住了更突出的动作，那些与其他重要的生活事件，如婚姻，生育或工作变化和动作持续了很长一段时间。随着时间的推移，记忆中模糊的迁移通常是持续时间较短或局部移动，通常是在受访者年轻时进行的。当与其他显著事件联系起来时，移动的日期也得到了显着改善。我们的研究结果提出了具体和实际的步骤，可以遵循，以提高在实地调查中收集的回顾性生活史的质量。
Matched retrospective life history data collected from the same individuals in two waves of the Malaysian Family Life Survey provide a unique opportunity to evaluate the quality of long-term recall data in a rapidly changing developing country. Recall quality, measured by consistency of incidence and dating of moves reported 12 years apart, is higher among the better educated. Respondents better remember more salient moves, those linked with other important life events such as marriage, childbirth or a job change and moves that lasted a long time. Migrations that dim in memory as time passes are typically shorter duration or local moves, often made while the respondent was young. The dating of moves is also significantly improved when linked with other salient events. Our findings suggest concrete and practical steps that can be followed to improve the quality of retrospective life-histories collected in field surveys.