Table 3 Overview of the sample and data sources

From: Intergenerational persistence of poverty in five high-income countries

Country

Data source(s)

Coveragea

Final sample (n)

United Statesb

PSID

1982–2019

9,561

United Kingdomc

British Household Panel Survey and UK Household Longitudinal Study

2002–2017

962

Australia

Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia

2013–2020

1,563

Germany

Socio-Economic Panel

1996–2016

1,708

Denmark

Statistics Denmark

1980–2019

1,801,813

  1. aCoverage refers to the span of years during which we could observe the adults that made it to the final sample in their adulthood (that is, their childhood may have taken place before the coverage period). Adults are defined as individuals between 25 and 35 years of age.
  2. bThe PSID was conducted every 2 years from 1997.
  3. cIt was not possible to link UK Household Longitudinal Study and British Household Panel Survey data in 2009.
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