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Advanced Techniques for Modelling Maternal and Child Health in Africa (Hardcover, 2014 ed.)
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Advanced Techniques for Modelling Maternal and Child Health in Africa (Hardcover, 2014 ed.)
Series: The Springer Series on Demographic Methods and Population Analysis, 34
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This book presents both theoretical contributions and empirical
applications of advanced statistical techniques including
geo-additive models that link individual measures with area
variables to account for spatial correlation; multilevel models
that address the issue of clustering within family and household;
multi-process models that account for interdependencies over
life-course events and non-random utilization of health services;
and flexible parametric alternatives to existing intensity models.
These analytical techniques are illustrated mainly through modeling
maternal and child health in the African context, using data from
demographic and health surveys. In the past, the estimation of
levels, trends and differentials in demographic and health outcomes
in developing countries was heavily reliant on indirect methods
that were devised to suit limited or deficient data. In recent
decades, world-wide surveys like the World Fertility Survey and its
successor, the Demographic and Health Survey have played an
important role in filling the gap in survey data from developing
countries. Such modern demographic and health surveys enable
investigators to make in-depth analyses that guide policy
intervention strategies, and such analyses require the modern and
advanced statistical techniques covered in this book. The text is
ideally suited for academics, professionals, and decision makers in
the social and health sciences, as well as others with an interest
in statistical modelling, demographic and health surveys.
Scientists and students in applied statistics, epidemiology,
medicine, social and behavioural sciences will find it of value.
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