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abstract: 'The authors investigate the accuracy of young women''s retrospective
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reporting on their first substantial employment in three major,
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nationally representative U.S. surveys, examining hypotheses that longer
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recall duration, employment histories with lower salience and higher
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complexity, and an absence of ``anchoring{''''} biographical details will
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adversely affect reporting accuracy. The authors compare retrospective
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reports to benchmark panel survey estimates for the same cohorts.
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Sociodemographic groups-notably non-Hispanic white women and women with
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college-educated mothers-whose early employment histories at these ages
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are in aggregate more complex (multiple jobs) and lower in salience
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(more part-time jobs) are more likely to omit the occurrence of their
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first substantial job or employment and to misreport their first job or
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employment as occurring at an older age. Also, retrospective reports are
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skewed toward overreporting longer, therefore more salient, later jobs
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over shorter, earlier jobs. The relatively small magnitudes of
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differences, however, indicate that the retrospective questions
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nevertheless capture these summary indicators of first substantial
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employment reasonably accurately. Moreover, these differences are
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especially small for groups of women who are more likely to experience
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labor-market disadvantage and for women with early births.'
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affiliation: 'Shattuck, RM (Corresponding Author), Univ Maryland, Maryland Populat
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Res Ctr, 2105 Morrill Hall, College Pk, MD 20742 USA.
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Shattuck, Rachel M., Univ Maryland, College Pk, MD 20742 USA.
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Rendall, Michael S., Univ Maryland, Sociol, College Pk, MD 20742 USA.
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Rendall, Michael S., Univ Maryland, Maryland Populat Res Ctr, 2105 Morrill Hall,
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College Pk, MD 20742 USA.'
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author: Shattuck, Rachel M. and Rendall, Michael S.
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author-email: rachel.m.shattuck@gmail.com
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author_list:
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- family: Shattuck
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given: Rachel M.
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- family: Rendall
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given: Michael S.
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booktitle: SOCIOLOGICAL METHODOLOGY, VOL 47
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da: '2023-09-28'
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doi: 10.1177/0081175017723397
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editor: Alwin, DF
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files: []
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issn: 0081-1750
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keywords: survey recall; life-course; first employment; retrospective reporting
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keywords-plus: 'MEASUREMENT ERROR; PROGRAM PARTICIPATION; DATA QUALITY; UNEMPLOYMENT;
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PANEL; BIAS; RELIABILITY; RECALL; MEMORY; WORK'
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language: English
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number-of-cited-references: '50'
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pages: 307-344
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papis_id: 7dcb7d3f05cbf92da6433b117c449ccb
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ref: Shattuck2017retrospectivereporti
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series: Sociological Methodology
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times-cited: '7'
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title: RETROSPECTIVE REPORTING OF FIRST EMPLOYMENT IN THE LIFE-COURSES OF US WOMEN
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2023-10-01 08:15:07 +00:00
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type: article
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2023-09-28 14:46:10 +00:00
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unique-id: WOS:000432396600014
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usage-count-last-180-days: '1'
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usage-count-since-2013: '2'
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volume: '47'
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web-of-science-categories: Sociology
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year: '2017'
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