Using Mixture Regression to Identify Varying Effects: A Demonstration With Paternal Incarceration

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1129-1148

  Dyer, W Justin ^a   Pleck, Joseph ^b   McBride, Brent ^c  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c MC 180   (United States)

Author keywords

Families; Incarceration; Mixture regression; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866762279     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: 17413737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2012.01012.x     Document Type: Article

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