By
Sarah F. Riley
HongYu Ru
Center for Community Capital
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Prepared with financial support from the Ford Foundation
COMMUNITY ADVANTAGE PANEL SURVEY
TECHNICAL SAMPLING REPORT:
Owners, 2003-2008
August 2009
Contents
1 Introduction
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2 Self-Help Lending in Context
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3 Survey Design and Sampling Methods
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3.1 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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3.2 The Baseline Interview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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3.3 Follow-Up Interviews . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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3.4 Survey Attrition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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4 Weight Construction
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4.1 Overview of Weight Construction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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4.2 Base Weights
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4.3 Baseline Non-Response Weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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4.4 Baseline Post-Stratification Weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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4.5 Baseline Final Weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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4.6 Weights for Years 1-5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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4.7 Using the Weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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5 Baseline CAPS Owners vs. Owners in the Current Population Survey
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5.1 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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5.2 Data Preparation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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5.3 Differences and Similarities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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List of Tables
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Owners Survey Modules and Completes by Year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Unweighted Owner Baseline Demographics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Owners Gross Response Rates by Survey Year and Cohort . . . . . . . .