Advanced Techniques for Modelling Maternal and Child Health in Africa

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Kandala, Ngianga-Bakwin (Editor), Ghilagaber, Gebrenegus (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: The Springer Series on Demographic Methods and Population Analysis, 34
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Maternal and child health services.; Statistics.; Demography.; Social Sciences.; Maternal and Child Health.; Statistics for Life Sciences, Medicine, Health Sciences.; Methodology of the Social Sciences.

This book presents both theoretical contributions and empirical applications of advanced statistical techniques including geo-additive models that link individual measures with area variables to account for spatial correlation; multilevel models that address the issue of clustering within family and...