The potentials and obstacles of cross-national research : examining unemployment and young women's HIV in less developed nations /

Cross-national, macro-comparative research represents a growing area of focus in sociology. I have been involved in this type of research formally since 2008. This case study explores a recent study of young women's HIV and unemployment rates across less developed nations as a point of departur...

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Main Author:	Austin, Kelly F. (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	London : SAGE Publications Ltd, 2018.
Series:	SAGE Research Methods. Cases.
Subjects:	HIV-positive women > Cross-cultural studies > Case studies. Unemployment > Cross-cultural studies > Case studies. Multicollinearity > Case studies. Séropositives > Études transculturelles > Études de cas. Multicolinéarité > Études de cas. Multicollinearity. Case studies.
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Summary:	Cross-national, macro-comparative research represents a growing area of focus in sociology. I have been involved in this type of research formally since 2008. This case study explores a recent study of young women's HIV and unemployment rates across less developed nations as a point of departure to consider some of the benefits and limitations of doing cross-national research. Some of the benefits include the ability to examine large-scale patterns and build data sets relatively easily with publicly available data. Some of the limitations include constraints in study design or scope due to insufficient data. I explore themes such as data availability and quality, cross-sectional versus longitudinal or panel study designs, and multicollinearity. Practical advice is offered in dealing with each of the shortcomings discussed.
Physical Description:	1 online resource.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9781526446190 1526446197