Multilevel Risk Models for Retrospective Age-of-Onset Data: School Children's First Cigarette.

Pickles, Andrew; Pickering, Kevin; Taylor, Colin; Sutton, Stephen; Yang, Shuying

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ERIC Number: EJ628431

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Publication Date: 2001

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Multilevel Risk Models for Retrospective Age-of-Onset Data: School Children's First Cigarette.

Pickles, Andrew; Pickering, Kevin; Taylor, Colin; Sutton, Stephen; Yang, Shuying

Journal of Adolescent Research, v16 n2 p188-204 Mar 2001

Describes a random effects discrete time survival model that addresses problems of measurement error and sample design complexities. Demonstrates the effectiveness of the model in an analysis of retrospective report data on the age of onset of smoking from two cross-sectional school-based studies. (JPB)

Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Measurement Techniques, Models, Research Methodology, Research Problems, Secondary Education, Secondary School Students, Smoking, Statistical Analysis, Theory Practice Relationship

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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