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Population-level administrative data: A resource to advance psychological science
Leah S Richmond-Rakerd1, Kallisse R Dent1, Signe Hald Andersen2
1Department of Psychology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
Abstract:
Population-level administrative data-data on individuals' interactions with administrative systems, such as healthcare, social-welfare, criminal-justice, and education systems-are a fruitful resource for research into behavior, development, and wellbeing. However, administrative data are underutilized in psychological science. Here, we review advantages of population-level administrative data for psychological research, with examples of advances in psychological theory arising from administrative-data studies. We focus on advantages in three areas: (1) How population-level administrative data are collected and recorded, (2) the data's large scale, and (3) unique data-linkages. We also describe ethical issues as well as methodological considerations and limitations in population administrative-data research, and future directions to enable psychological scientists to more fully capitalize on administrative-data resources.
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