Impact of missing data strategies in studies of parental employment and health: Missing items, missing waves, and missing mothers

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 209, Issue , 2018, Pages 160-168

  Nguyen, Cattram D ^a,b,c   Strazdins, Lyndall ^d   Nicholson, Jan M ^a,b   Cooklin, Amanda R ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d The Australian National University   (Australia)

Author keywords

Maternal mental health; Missing data; Multiple imputation; Non response; Work family conflict

Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH IMPACT; MATERNAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH; SOCIAL CONFLICT; WORKING CONDITIONS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FAMILY CONFLICT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MENTAL HEALTH; MISSING DATA; MOTHER; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PARENT; QUALITY OF WORKING LIFE; WORK FAMILY CONFLICT; CONFLICT; FAMILY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARDS; STATISTICAL BIAS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WORK;

AUSTRALIA;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; BIAS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); DATA COLLECTION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MOTHERS; RESEARCH DESIGN; WORK;

EID: 85044132937     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2018.03.009     Document Type: Article

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