Multilevel generalized linear models for modelling age-related gender difference in violent behaviour and associated factors in the general household population

International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 130-145

  Yang, Min ^a   Coid, Jeremy W ^a   Pan, Huiqi ^b  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cross sectional survey data; Functions of age trend; Multilevel modelling; Violent behaviour; Weighted logistic models

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALIZATION; LIFESPAN; LINEAR SYSTEM; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RANDOMIZATION; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED KINGDOM; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 26844576368     PISSN: 10498931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mpr.5     Document Type: Article

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