Tracing Members of a Panel: A 17-Year Follow-Up

Abstract

This research was supported by a grant (NI-06275) from the National Institute of Nlental Health. William H. Sewell and Robert NI. Hauser were the principal investigators, and Taissa Hauser supervised the tracing and interviewing. The Wisconsin Survey Research Laboratory, Madison, conducted the telephone interviews. File management and computation were carried out at the Center for Demography and Ecology, University of Wisconsin, Niadison; this center's computing facility is supported by a grant (HI)-05876) from the National Institute for Child Health and Human Development. The procedures described here were designed and carried out by the authors. We wish to thank Halliman H. Winsborough. in addition to Drs. Sewell and Hauser, for suggestions and support. We also thank Nancy Bode for her assistance with the computations.