Latent Class Analysis and Differential Mortality

Autor:	G. Sabagh, H. F. Dingman, C. R. Miller
Rok vydání:	1962
Předmět:	Statistics and Probability education.field_of_study Mortality rate Population Differential (mechanical device) Statistics Probability and Uncertainty education Demographic data Psychology Latent class model Demographic analysis Demography
Zdroj:	Journal of the American Statistical Association. 57:430-438
ISSN:	1537-274X 0162-1459
DOI:	10.1080/01621459.1962.10480669
Popis:	The technique of latent class analysis has not previously been applied to demographic data. The present paper analyzes 3709 admissions to a hospital for the retarded on the basis of five variables, and shows how a latent class analysis reduces the population to two groups, each of which tend to feature within group independence among the five variables. A mortality analysis of each group shows great differences in the mortality rate when length of stay in the hospital is held constant. It is concluded that latent class analysis has possibilities as an alternative standardization process for demographic analysis.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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