Using panel data for partial identification of human immunodeficiency virus prevalence when infection status is missing not at random

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

Volumn 177, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 587-606

  Arpino, Bruno ^a   Cao, Elisabetta De ^b   Peracchi, Franco ^c  

^a UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Human immunodeficiency virus prevalence; Malawi Diffusion and Ideational Change Project data; Non ignorable non response; Panel data; Partial identification

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901278145     PISSN: 09641998     EISSN: 1467985X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/rssa.12027     Document Type: Article

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