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Table 2 Sample selection

From: Welfare receipt misreporting in survey data and its consequences for state dependence estimates: new insights from linked administrative and survey data

Total number of observations

114,777

Observations excluded because…

 

Wave 1

18,954

Pensioners and young people < 25 years

37,698

Pupils, students, civil servants, individuals incapable of working, self-employed

3251

No consent to linking

2374

Not found in administrative data

8091

No information on UB II receipt (PASS)

152

Missing in covariates

2926

No 2 consecutive waves

10,972

No information on state in t−1 or t0

8360

Estimation sample: Observations

21,999

 Individuals

7909

Transitions per individual

 Average

2.782

 Min.

1

 Max.

6

  1. Source: PASS_0614_v1 & LHG V08.01.00 – 201504