A New Methodological Approach to Study Household Structure From Census and Survey Data
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2331045 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Simona Bignami (0000-0002-8246-3046, Université de Montréal, corresponding author), Virginie Boulet (Quebec Statistical Institute), Charles-Olivier Simard (0000-0002-9705-5619, Université de Montréal) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 52 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 587-605 |
| Publication date | 2023-05-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sociological Methods & Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0049-1241 • E-ISSN: 1552-8294 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0049124120986192 |
| OpenAlex | W3129011248 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 20 |
How household-level data from censuses and surveys are analyzed to study household structure is an issue that has received little attention. The present study proposes a new methodological approach to address this gap. Specifically, we introduce the idea of the household configuration as a mathematical representation of observations from the household roster that uses the tools of sequence analysis to study relationships between household members. This 'household configuration approach' is statistically efficient, captures the heterogeneity of family forms in a population, and is computationally simple. An application to Canadian census data for Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples shows that our approach can yield interesting insights into household structure, otherwise not readily obtained
Census · Current Population Survey · Data science · Econometrics · Geography · Indigenous · Political science · Population · Regional science · Representation (politics) · Sociology · Statistics · Survey data collection · Survey methodology · Yield (engineering) · Computer Science · Demography · Family Dynamics and Relationships · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving · Mathematics · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies
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| Citations per year | 0.75 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2022 - 2026 (5) |
| Highly cited | No |