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Conference on Anchoring Vignettes in Longitudinal Studies

September 6, 2002


The purpose of this meeting was to examine the use of anchoring vignettes to improve comparability of longitudinal surveys on health.  It was held at the Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies and was sponsored by the National Institute on Aging.

Agenda: Friday, September 6, 2002

8.45-9.00 Coffee
9.00-9.15 Welcome - Josh Salomon, Michael Reich
Opening Remarks - Richard Suzman
Introductions
9.15-10.30 Anchoring vignettes in the World Health Survey
Introduction to anchoring vignettes - Gary King
World Health Survey overview - Chris Murray
Empirical evaluation of vignettes - Josh Salomon
10.30-10.45 Break
10.45-12.00 General discussions and reactions
12.00-12.30 Presentations on longitudinal survey programs
Health and Retirement Study - Robert Willis, John Bound
12.30-2.00 Lunch
2.00-3.30 Presentations on longitudinal survey programs (continued)
Wisconsin Longitudinal Study - Robert Hauser
National Long Term Care Survey - Vicki Lamb
Integrated Family Survey, Udaipar, India - Esther Duflo, Abhijit Banerjee
3.30-3.45 Break
3.45-6.00 Discussions

List of participants

Abhijit Banerjee banerjee@mit.edu Massachusetts Institute of Technology  
Jessica Bergstrom jbergstr@ssc.wisc.edu University of Wisconsin-Madison  
John Bound jbound@isr.umich.edu University of Michigan  
David Cutler DCutler@nber.org Harvard University  
Esther Duflo eduflo@mit.edu Massachusetts Institute of Technology  
Jeremy Freese jfreese@ssc.wisc.edu University of Wisconsin-Madison  
Robert Hauser hauser@ssc.wisc.edu University of Wisconsin-Madison  
Tess Hauser hausert@ssc.wisc.edu University of Wisconsin-Madison  
Gary King king@harvard.edu Harvard University  
Vicki Lamb vlamb@cds.duke.edu Duke University  
Christopher Murray murrayc@who.ch World Health Organization  
Omar Rahman mrahman@hsph.harvard.edu Harvard School of Public Health  
Michael Reich reich@hsph.harvard.edu Harvard School of Public Health  
Joshua Salomon salomonj@who.int World Health Organization  
Jaypee Sevilla jsevilla@hsph.harvard.edu Harvard School of Public Health  
Kamil Sicinski ksicinsk@ssc.wisc.edu University of Wisconsin-Madison  
Richard Suzman suzmanR@nia.nih.gov National Institute on Aging  
Ajay Tandon tandona@who.int World Health Organization  
Jonathan Wand jwand@latte.harvard.edu Harvard University  
Robert Willis rjwillis@isr.umich.edu University of Michigan  
Grace Wyshak wyshak@hsph.harvard.edu Harvard School of Public Health  
Winnie Yip wyip@hsph.harvard.edu Harvard School of Public Health  


Background Materials

Overview Paper

Enhancing the Validity and Cross-Cultural Comparability of Survey Research
by Gary King, Christopher JL Murray, Joshua A Salomon, and Ajay Tandon.

A list of frequently asked questions, example vignettes and other materials may be found at our Anchoring Vignettes Website

World Health Survey (website)

Wisconsin Longitudinal Study (website)



Health and Retirement Study

Summary
HRS questionnaire section C
HRS questionnaire section G

Integrated Family Survey, Udaipar, India

Summary
Household Module
Adult Health Module
Child Health Module

National Long Term Care Survey (website)