Bayesian factor analysis for spatially correlated data, with application to summarizing area-level material deprivation from census data

Journal of the American Statistical Association

Volumn 99, Issue 466, 2004, Pages 314-324

  Hogan, Joseph W ^a   Tchernis, Rusty ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Wylie Hall ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Conditional autoregressive model; Health inequalities; Latent variable; Posterior rank; Small area estimation; Socioeconomic status; Townsend index

Indexed keywords

EID: 2942599458     PISSN: 01621459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1198/016214504000000296     Document Type: Article

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