The Insititute of Policy Studies’s Social Lab have embarked on their flagship project with a panel study on social dynamics in the nation’s first ever wide-scale long-term study to find the key to resilient Singapore families.
Reasearchers will conduct a long-term study of 5,000 households made up of 10,000 individuals representative of the Singapore population, and will track the changes in their lives over time. The study aims to measure family dynamics, societal values and attitudes in regards to national identity and social mobility over the period.
The Singapore Panel Study on Social Dynamics will examine Singapore citizens and permanent residents across all forms of family, including single parents, re-married couples and those with no children.
According to TODAY, the data collected at the end of the decades-long survey will cast a more accurate picture of Singapore’s social landscape for policymakers. The long-term period of study will capture the true complexity of family conditions, especially given the fluxing behaviour of households when they adapt and react to outside forces.
The surveys have started last Saturday. The 50 field interviewers will have to stay in touch with the massive amount of participants over the years to ensure that households stick to the study.
Photo: Luca Sartoni via Flickr
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The Insititute of Policy Studies’s Social Lab have embarked on their flagship project with a panel study on social dynamics in the nation’s first ever wide-scale long-term study to find the key to resilient Singapore families.
Reasearchers will conduct a long-term study of 5,000 households made up of 10,000 individuals representative of the Singapore population, and will track the changes in their lives over time. The study aims to measure family dynamics, societal values and attitudes in regards to national identity and social mobility over the period.
The Singapore Panel Study on Social Dynamics will examine Singapore citizens and permanent residents across all forms of family, including single parents, re-married couples and those with no children.
According to TODAY, the data collected at the end of the decades-long survey will cast a more accurate picture of Singapore’s social landscape for policymakers. The long-term period of study will capture the true complexity of family conditions, especially given the fluxing behaviour of households when they adapt and react to outside forces.
The surveys have started last Saturday. The 50 field interviewers will have to stay in touch with the massive amount of participants over the years to ensure that households stick to the study.
Photo: Luca Sartoni via Flickr
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