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Multiple Imputation for Combined-Survey Estimation With Incomplete Regressors In One But Not Both Surveys

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  • Michael S. Rendall
  • Bonnie Ghosh-Dastidar
  • Margaret M. Weden
  • Zafar Nazarov

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Within-survey multiple imputation (MI) methods are adapted to pooled-survey regression estimation where one survey has a larger set of regressors but fewer observations than the other. This adaption is achieved through: (1) larger numbers of imputations to compensate for the higher fraction of missing values; (2) model-fit statistics to check the assumption that the two surveys sample from a common universe; and (3) specificying the analysis model completely from variables present in the survey with the larger set of regressors, thereby excluding variables never jointly observed. In contrast to the typical within-survey MI context, cross-survey missingness is monotonic and easily satisfies the Missing At Random (MAR) assumption needed for unbiased MI. Large efficiency gains in estimates of coefficients for variables in common between the surveys are demonstrated in an application to sociodemographic differences in the risk of experiencing a disabling occupational injury estimated from two nationally-representative panel surveys.

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  • Michael S. Rendall & Bonnie Ghosh-Dastidar & Margaret M. Weden & Zafar Nazarov, 2011. "Multiple Imputation for Combined-Survey Estimation With Incomplete Regressors In One But Not Both Surveys," Working Papers WR-887-1, RAND Corporation.
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