Misclassification of income quintiles derived from area-based measures: A comparison of enumeration area and forward sortation area

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 465-469

  Southern, Danielle A ^a   Ghali, William A ^a,b   Faris, Peter D ^a   Norris, Colleen M ^c   Galbraith, P Diane ^a,b   Graham, Michelle M ^c   Knudtson, Merril L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CANADA; CLASSIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL TIME;

EID: 0036855675     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03405041     Document Type: Article

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