Michael Davern
Biographic Data
| ID | 3624132 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Michael Davern |
| GIVEN NAMES | Michael |
| FAMILY NAME | Davern |
| SIGNATURE | DAVERN M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Minnesota |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9572-812X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 19 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 44 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 19 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Bias in Telephone Surveys That do not Sample Cell Phones
OBJECTIVE: To examine how biased health surveys are when they omit cell phone-only households (CPOH) and to explore whether poststratification can reduce this bias. METHODS: We used data from the 2008 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS), which uses area probability sampling and in-person interviews; as a result people of all phone statuses are included. First, we examined whether people living in CPOH are different from those not living in CP…
The Prevalence of Unrecognized Tobacco Use Among Young Adults
Future studies assessing prevalence should use both adolescent and adult measures
The Polls-Review
We discover and document errors in public-use microdata samples ("PUMS files") of the 2000 Census, the 2003-2006 American Community Survey, and the 2004-2009 Current Population Survey. For women and men age 65 and older, age- and sex-specific population estimates generated from the PUMS files differ by as much as 15 percent from counts in published data tables. Moreover, an analysis of labor-force participation and marriage rates suggests the PUM…
American Indian/Alaska Native Uninsurance Disparities
Objectives. We examined whether 3 nationally representative data sources produce consistent estimates of disparities and rates of uninsurance among the American Indian/Alaska Native (AIAN) population and to demonstrate how choice of data source impacts study conclusions. Methods. We estimated all-year and point-in-time uninsurance rates for AIANs and non-Hispanic Whites younger than 65 years using 3 surveys: Current Population Survey (CPS), Natio…
Disparities in Public Use Data Availability for Race, Ethnic, and Immigrant Groups
BACKGROUND: Disparities in healthcare coverage and access have a prominent place on the national health policy agenda. It is, therefore, essential to understand strengths and limitations of national surveys that provide annual or periodic data for population-based healthcare disparities research and monitoring. Importantly, publicly available data on healthcare coverage and access are needed for disparities populations defined by race, ethnicity,…
Drawing statistical inferences from historical census data, 1850–1950
Virtually all quantitative microdata used by social scientists derive from samples that incorporate clustering, strati cation, and weighting adjustments (Kish 1965, 1992). Such data can yield standard error estimates that differ dramatically from those derived from a simple random sample of the same size. Researchers using historical U.S. census microdata, however, usually apply methods designed for simple random samples. The resulting p values a…
Accuracy in Self-Reported Health Insurance Coverage among Medicaid Enrollees
The largest portion of the Medicaid undercount is caused by survey reporting error--that is, Medicaid recipients misreport their enrollment in health insurance coverage surveys. In this study, we sampled known Medicaid enrollees to learn how they respond to health insurance questions and to document correlates of accurate and inaccurate reports. We found that Medicaid enrollees are fairly accurate reporters of insurance status and type of coverag…
Validating Health Insurance Coverage Survey Estimates
Journal Article Validating Health Insurance Coverage Survey Estimates: A Comparison of Self-Reported Coverage and Administrative Data Records Get access Michael Davern, Michael Davern Address correspondence to Michael Davern; [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Kathleen Thiede Call, Kathleen Thiede Call Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Jeanette Ziegenfus…
Estimating Regression Standard Errors with Data from the Current Population Survey's Public Use File
This study examines whether reasonable standard errors for multivariate models can be calculated using the public use file of the Current Population Survey's Annual Social and Economic Supplement (CPS ASEC). We restrict our analysis to the 2003 CPS ASEC and model three dependent variables at the individual level. income, poverty, and health insurance coverage. We compare standard error estimates performed on the CPS ASEC public use file with thos…
Are Surname Telephone Oversamples an Efficient Way to Better Understand the Health and Healthcare of Minority Group Members
OBJECTIVES: Surname oversamples are commonly used in health research to increase the number of persons from minority racial and ethnic groups represented in general population surveys. This article considers the sample design efficiency in the use of Hispanic, Hmong, and Asian surname samples. METHODS: The study uses 3 state surveys (Alabama, Missouri, and Minnesota) that used surname oversamples to increase the proportion of Hispanic, Hmong, or …
Unstable Inferences? An Examination of Complex Survey Sample Design Adjustments Using the Current Population Survey for Health Services Research
Statistical analysis of the Current Population Survey's Annual Social and Economic Supplement is used widely in health services research. However, the statistical evidence cited from the Current Population Survey (CPS) is not always consistent because researchers use a variety of methods to produce standard errors that are fundamental to significance tests. This analysis examines the 2002 Annual Social and Economic Supplement's (ASEC) estimates o…
The Role of Information and Influence in Social Networks
This article examines two mechanisms through which social networks are related to job mobility: (1) access to diverse sources of information about job openings and (2) nonredundant sources of influence. Using data on job changing and social networks among television station managers, we assess the extent to which job information and influence variables mediate the relationship between social network structure and getting a better job. Results ind…
Telephone Service Interruption Weighting Adjustments for State Health Insurance Surveys
Telephone Service Interruption Weighting Adjustments for State Health Insurance Surveys
Many states rely on telephone surveys to produce estimates of uninsurance. To the extent that people in households without telephones differ from those living in households with telephones, estimates will be biased due to lack of coverage of those in households without telephones. We find the disparity in estimates of uninsurance in the Current Population Survey (all people vs. those living in households without telephones) shows a similar associ…
State Variation in SCHIP Allocations
Allocations for the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) varied 22% per state between 1999 and 2002. The funding fluctuations present significant problems for states as they develop budget priorities under difficult fiscal conditions. We examine sources of the variation in state allocations during the first four years of SCHIP, focusing on the Current Population Survey's "child component" of the allocation formula. We consider the tr…
The Polls--Review
Journal Article Review: Recent Changes to the Current Population Survey: Sample Expansion, Health Insurance Verification, and State Health Insurance Coverage Estimates Get access MICHAEL DAVERN, MICHAEL DAVERN Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar TIMOTHY J. BEEBE, TIMOTHY J. BEEBE Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar LYNN A. BLEWETT, LYNN A. BLEWETT Search for other works by …
Prepaid Monetary Incentives and Data Quality in Face-to-Face Interviews
Journal Article Prepaid Monetary Incentives and Data Quality in Face-to-Face Interviews: Data from the 1996 Survey of Income and Program Participation Incentive Experiment Get access MICHAEL DAVERN, MICHAEL DAVERN Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar TODD H. ROCKWOOD, TODD H. ROCKWOOD Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar RANDY SHERROD, RANDY SHERROD Search for other works by …
Social Networks and Prestige Attainment
Several hypotheses are derived that relate social networks to the occupational prestige attainment process. These hypotheses are evaluated using theoretically derived indicators and ordinary least squares regression. Most of the hypotheses considered in this paper do not receive support, and the one hypothesis that does lacks a consistent theoretical explanation. From this analysis, I draw two important conclusions: First, the relationship betwee…
Social Networks and Economic Sociology
The social network metaphor is widely used by sociologists to study socioeconomic behavior and processes The use of social networks generally takes place within the ranks of sociology However, a more complete social science would result by combining work being done on social networks within sociology with mainline economic theory The insights from such a research agenda will help us better understand socioeconomic behavior With this in mind, the …
Prepaid Monetary Incentives and Data Quality in Face-to-Face Interviews
Journal Article Prepaid Monetary Incentives and Data Quality in Face-to-Face Interviews: Data from the 1996 Survey of Income and Program Participation Incentive Experiment Get access MICHAEL DAVERN, MICHAEL DAVERN Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar TODD H. ROCKWOOD, TODD H. ROCKWOOD Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar RANDY SHERROD, RANDY SHERROD Search for other works by …
Social Networks and Economic Sociology
The social network metaphor is widely used by sociologists to study socioeconomic behavior and processes The use of social networks generally takes place within the ranks of sociology However, a more complete social science would result by combining work being done on social networks within sociology with mainline economic theory The insights from such a research agenda will help us better understand socioeconomic behavior With this in mind, the …
Validating Health Insurance Coverage Survey Estimates
Journal Article Validating Health Insurance Coverage Survey Estimates: A Comparison of Self-Reported Coverage and Administrative Data Records Get access Michael Davern, Michael Davern Address correspondence to Michael Davern; [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Kathleen Thiede Call, Kathleen Thiede Call Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Jeanette Ziegenfus…
The Role of Information and Influence in Social Networks
This article examines two mechanisms through which social networks are related to job mobility: (1) access to diverse sources of information about job openings and (2) nonredundant sources of influence. Using data on job changing and social networks among television station managers, we assess the extent to which job information and influence variables mediate the relationship between social network structure and getting a better job. Results ind…
The Polls-Review
We discover and document errors in public-use microdata samples ("PUMS files") of the 2000 Census, the 2003-2006 American Community Survey, and the 2004-2009 Current Population Survey. For women and men age 65 and older, age- and sex-specific population estimates generated from the PUMS files differ by as much as 15 percent from counts in published data tables. Moreover, an analysis of labor-force participation and marriage rates suggests the PUM…
American Indian/Alaska Native Uninsurance Disparities
Objectives. We examined whether 3 nationally representative data sources produce consistent estimates of disparities and rates of uninsurance among the American Indian/Alaska Native (AIAN) population and to demonstrate how choice of data source impacts study conclusions. Methods. We estimated all-year and point-in-time uninsurance rates for AIANs and non-Hispanic Whites younger than 65 years using 3 surveys: Current Population Survey (CPS), Natio…
Social Networks and Prestige Attainment
Several hypotheses are derived that relate social networks to the occupational prestige attainment process. These hypotheses are evaluated using theoretically derived indicators and ordinary least squares regression. Most of the hypotheses considered in this paper do not receive support, and the one hypothesis that does lacks a consistent theoretical explanation. From this analysis, I draw two important conclusions: First, the relationship betwee…
Drawing statistical inferences from historical census data, 1850–1950
Virtually all quantitative microdata used by social scientists derive from samples that incorporate clustering, strati cation, and weighting adjustments (Kish 1965, 1992). Such data can yield standard error estimates that differ dramatically from those derived from a simple random sample of the same size. Researchers using historical U.S. census microdata, however, usually apply methods designed for simple random samples. The resulting p values a…
The Polls--Review
Journal Article Review: Recent Changes to the Current Population Survey: Sample Expansion, Health Insurance Verification, and State Health Insurance Coverage Estimates Get access MICHAEL DAVERN, MICHAEL DAVERN Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar TIMOTHY J. BEEBE, TIMOTHY J. BEEBE Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar LYNN A. BLEWETT, LYNN A. BLEWETT Search for other works by …
Social Networks and Economic Sociology
The social network metaphor is widely used by sociologists to study socioeconomic behavior and processes The use of social networks generally takes place within the ranks of sociology However, a more complete social science would result by combining work being done on social networks within sociology with mainline economic theory The insights from such a research agenda will help us better understand socioeconomic behavior With this in mind, the …
Social Networks and Prestige Attainment
Several hypotheses are derived that relate social networks to the occupational prestige attainment process. These hypotheses are evaluated using theoretically derived indicators and ordinary least squares regression. Most of the hypotheses considered in this paper do not receive support, and the one hypothesis that does lacks a consistent theoretical explanation. From this analysis, I draw two important conclusions: First, the relationship betwee…
State Variation in SCHIP Allocations
Allocations for the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) varied 22% per state between 1999 and 2002. The funding fluctuations present significant problems for states as they develop budget priorities under difficult fiscal conditions. We examine sources of the variation in state allocations during the first four years of SCHIP, focusing on the Current Population Survey's "child component" of the allocation formula. We consider the tr…
The Polls--Review
Journal Article Review: Recent Changes to the Current Population Survey: Sample Expansion, Health Insurance Verification, and State Health Insurance Coverage Estimates Get access MICHAEL DAVERN, MICHAEL DAVERN Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar TIMOTHY J. BEEBE, TIMOTHY J. BEEBE Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar LYNN A. BLEWETT, LYNN A. BLEWETT Search for other works by …
Prepaid Monetary Incentives and Data Quality in Face-to-Face Interviews
Journal Article Prepaid Monetary Incentives and Data Quality in Face-to-Face Interviews: Data from the 1996 Survey of Income and Program Participation Incentive Experiment Get access MICHAEL DAVERN, MICHAEL DAVERN Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar TODD H. ROCKWOOD, TODD H. ROCKWOOD Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar RANDY SHERROD, RANDY SHERROD Search for other works by …
Telephone Service Interruption Weighting Adjustments for State Health Insurance Surveys
Telephone Service Interruption Weighting Adjustments for State Health Insurance Surveys
Many states rely on telephone surveys to produce estimates of uninsurance. To the extent that people in households without telephones differ from those living in households with telephones, estimates will be biased due to lack of coverage of those in households without telephones. We find the disparity in estimates of uninsurance in the Current Population Survey (all people vs. those living in households without telephones) shows a similar associ…
Unstable Inferences? An Examination of Complex Survey Sample Design Adjustments Using the Current Population Survey for Health Services Research
Statistical analysis of the Current Population Survey's Annual Social and Economic Supplement is used widely in health services research. However, the statistical evidence cited from the Current Population Survey (CPS) is not always consistent because researchers use a variety of methods to produce standard errors that are fundamental to significance tests. This analysis examines the 2002 Annual Social and Economic Supplement's (ASEC) estimates o…
The Role of Information and Influence in Social Networks
This article examines two mechanisms through which social networks are related to job mobility: (1) access to diverse sources of information about job openings and (2) nonredundant sources of influence. Using data on job changing and social networks among television station managers, we assess the extent to which job information and influence variables mediate the relationship between social network structure and getting a better job. Results ind…
Estimating Regression Standard Errors with Data from the Current Population Survey's Public Use File
This study examines whether reasonable standard errors for multivariate models can be calculated using the public use file of the Current Population Survey's Annual Social and Economic Supplement (CPS ASEC). We restrict our analysis to the 2003 CPS ASEC and model three dependent variables at the individual level. income, poverty, and health insurance coverage. We compare standard error estimates performed on the CPS ASEC public use file with thos…
Are Surname Telephone Oversamples an Efficient Way to Better Understand the Health and Healthcare of Minority Group Members
OBJECTIVES: Surname oversamples are commonly used in health research to increase the number of persons from minority racial and ethnic groups represented in general population surveys. This article considers the sample design efficiency in the use of Hispanic, Hmong, and Asian surname samples. METHODS: The study uses 3 state surveys (Alabama, Missouri, and Minnesota) that used surname oversamples to increase the proportion of Hispanic, Hmong, or …
Accuracy in Self-Reported Health Insurance Coverage among Medicaid Enrollees
The largest portion of the Medicaid undercount is caused by survey reporting error--that is, Medicaid recipients misreport their enrollment in health insurance coverage surveys. In this study, we sampled known Medicaid enrollees to learn how they respond to health insurance questions and to document correlates of accurate and inaccurate reports. We found that Medicaid enrollees are fairly accurate reporters of insurance status and type of coverag…
Validating Health Insurance Coverage Survey Estimates
Journal Article Validating Health Insurance Coverage Survey Estimates: A Comparison of Self-Reported Coverage and Administrative Data Records Get access Michael Davern, Michael Davern Address correspondence to Michael Davern; [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Kathleen Thiede Call, Kathleen Thiede Call Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Jeanette Ziegenfus…
Drawing statistical inferences from historical census data, 1850–1950
Virtually all quantitative microdata used by social scientists derive from samples that incorporate clustering, strati cation, and weighting adjustments (Kish 1965, 1992). Such data can yield standard error estimates that differ dramatically from those derived from a simple random sample of the same size. Researchers using historical U.S. census microdata, however, usually apply methods designed for simple random samples. The resulting p values a…
The Prevalence of Unrecognized Tobacco Use Among Young Adults
Future studies assessing prevalence should use both adolescent and adult measures
The Polls-Review
We discover and document errors in public-use microdata samples ("PUMS files") of the 2000 Census, the 2003-2006 American Community Survey, and the 2004-2009 Current Population Survey. For women and men age 65 and older, age- and sex-specific population estimates generated from the PUMS files differ by as much as 15 percent from counts in published data tables. Moreover, an analysis of labor-force participation and marriage rates suggests the PUM…
American Indian/Alaska Native Uninsurance Disparities
Objectives. We examined whether 3 nationally representative data sources produce consistent estimates of disparities and rates of uninsurance among the American Indian/Alaska Native (AIAN) population and to demonstrate how choice of data source impacts study conclusions. Methods. We estimated all-year and point-in-time uninsurance rates for AIANs and non-Hispanic Whites younger than 65 years using 3 surveys: Current Population Survey (CPS), Natio…
Disparities in Public Use Data Availability for Race, Ethnic, and Immigrant Groups
BACKGROUND: Disparities in healthcare coverage and access have a prominent place on the national health policy agenda. It is, therefore, essential to understand strengths and limitations of national surveys that provide annual or periodic data for population-based healthcare disparities research and monitoring. Importantly, publicly available data on healthcare coverage and access are needed for disparities populations defined by race, ethnicity,…
Bias in Telephone Surveys That do not Sample Cell Phones
OBJECTIVE: To examine how biased health surveys are when they omit cell phone-only households (CPOH) and to explore whether poststratification can reduce this bias. METHODS: We used data from the 2008 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS), which uses area probability sampling and in-person interviews; as a result people of all phone statuses are included. First, we examined whether people living in CPOH are different from those not living in CP…
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