PROGRAM-EVALUATION USING EVENT HISTORY ANALYSIS

Event history analysis examines events, the duration of time between e vents, the likelihood of events occurring, and the pacing of events. P rograms with such diverse goals as obtaining employment, abstaining fr om drugs, reducing reincarceration, or increasing the likelihood of gr aduating from high school can be evaluated using an event history anal ysis. This article presents an overview of event history analysis, exp lains how event history analysis can be used in program evaluation, an d describes how it was used to study a welfare-to-work program.