Dokładniej, rzetelniej, taniej. Badania oparte na rejestrach publicznych jako szansa dla badań społecznych w Polsce

Abstract

A social research project concerning various social issues (including education, labour market, demography, migration, epidemiology) can be conducted with registerbased analysis. The knowledge about the potential and limits of this approach allows to reconcile the seemingly contradictory features of the study of complex social phenomena: effectiveness and low cost. Register-based analysis can solve a number of methodological problems, such as a decreasing response rate and a low reliability of data. The paper presents the methodology of register-based analysis. The experiences gathered during the research project conducted by the authors allowed to improve the above mentioned methodology. The methodological reflections are complemented with the results of research on educational and professional careers of the University of Warsaw graduates, based on the registers of UW and Social Insurance Institution. In addition, the authors present selected technological, administrative, and organisational problems that need to be answered in order to conduct register-based research. The methodological conclusions of the paper develop the work of Scandinavian researchers who are the most experienced scientists in the field of register-based analysis