A multilevel modelling approach to examining the effects of area of residence on health and functioning

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series A: Statistics in Society

Volumn 159, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 61-75

  Ecob, Russell ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Area of residence effect; Binary outcomes; Health; Morbidity; Multi level modelling

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038975364     PISSN: 09641998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2983469     Document Type: Article

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