Variance estimation methods for health expectancy by relative socio-economic status

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 243-249

  Abatih, Emmanuel ^a,b   Van Oyen, Herman ^b   Bossuyt, Nathalie ^b   Bruckers, Liesbeth ^a  

^a HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bootstrap; Delta method; Prevalence; Sullivan; Survey design; Variance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SURVEY; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADULT; AGED; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 41049115909     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: 15737284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10654-008-9227-5     Document Type: Article

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