The potential of statistical matching for the analysis of wider benefits of learning in later life.

Autor/inn/en	Wiest, Maja; Kutscher, Tanja; Willeke, Janek; Merkel, Julie; Hoffmann, Madlain; Kaufmann-Kuchta, Katrin; Widany, Sarah
Titel	The potential of statistical matching for the analysis of wider benefits of learning in later life.
Quelle	In: European journal for Research on the Education and Learning of Adults, 10 (2019) 3, S. 291-306Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (3) Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2000-7426
DOI	10.25656/01:18096
URN	urn:nbn:de:0111-pedocs-180965
Schlagwörter	Wohlbefinden; Lernen; Statistik; Erwachsenenbildung; Lebenslanges Lernen; Bildungsteilnahme; Übereinstimmung; Alter Mensch
Abstract	It is challenging to investigate wider benefits of adult learning, especially in later life, due to limited data on educational activities and non-monetary returns in large, longitudinal surveys. Statistical matching provides an approach to exploit the potential of existing data by combining data sources with complementary features based on shared information. The paper describes the matching of two data sources (German Ageing Survey and Study of Educational Attainment and Interests of Older People) in order to examine the effects of educational participation on well-being in later life. We emphasize the matching procedure and how to identify the best-matched dataset. Based on matched data, effects of educational activities on life satisfaction are examined in later life. The discussion focuses on future demands on data and methods for investigating wider benefits of adult learning in quantitative research. (DIPF/Orig.).
Erfasst von	DIPF \| Leibniz-Institut für Bildungsforschung und Bildungsinformation, Frankfurt am Main
Update	2020/2