Abstract
The need for using more innovative combinations and applications of methods in development research has long been recognized (see Appleton and Booth 2001). Within the field of poverty measurement and analysis, the use of mixed methods, or so-called “q-squared” meth-ods,1 has seen a great expansion in the past decade (Shaffer 2012). Most commonly, this involves the use of a large-scale quantitative survey as an entry point with additional qualitative elements to verify or triangulate quantitative findings. A stronger mixing of methods is, however, scarce. This chapter aims to illustrate the value added of comprehensively combining the use of qualitative and quantitative panel data in the specific field of longitudinal and multidimensional child poverty. Case studies from Vietnam and Ethiopia will be used to build the argument.
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Roelen, K. (2014). Using Qualitative and Panel Data to Create Durable Measures of Child Poverty and Well-being across Childhood. In: Camfield, L. (eds) Methodological Challenges and New Approaches to Research in International Development. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137293626_9
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