학술논문

Weighting Condom Use Data to Account for Nonignorable Cluster Size
Document Type
Report
Author abstract
Source
Annals of Epidemiology. August, 2007, Vol. 17 Issue 8, p603, 5 p.
Subject
Condoms -- Usage
Language
English
ISSN
1047-2797
Abstract
To link to full-text access for this article, visit this link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.annepidem.2007.03.008 Byline: John M. Williamson, Hae-Young Kim, Lee Warner Abbreviations: STD, sexually transmitted disease; HIV, human immunodeficiency virus; GEE, generalized estimating equations; WCR, within-cluster resampling; CWGEE, cluster-weighted generalized estimating equations; OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval Abstract: We examined the impact of weighting the generalized estimating equation (GEE) by the inverse of the number of sex acts on the magnitude of association for factors predictive of recent condom use. Author Affiliation: From the National Center for Infectious Diseases, Division of Parasitic Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, GA (J.M.W.); Department of Biostatistics, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC (H.-Y.K.); and National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Division of Reproductive Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, GA (L.W.) Article History: Received 29 September 2006; Accepted 26 March 2007