A primer on the use of cluster analysis or factor analysis to assess co-occurrence of risk behaviors

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 67, Issue , 2014, Pages 141-146

  Hofstetter, Hedwig ^a   Dusseldorp, Elise ^a   van Empelen, Pepijn ^a   Paulussen, Theo W G M ^a  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Clusters; Factors; Health behaviors; Multiple risk behavior

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FALLING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH HAZARD; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPRING; THEORETICAL STUDY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; NETHERLANDS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; NETHERLANDS; RISK-TAKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84907366951     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2014.07.007     Document Type: Review

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