Re: st: Contextual analysis

[Sebastian Baumeister <baum_statal@web.de>]

The Rabe-Hesketh&Skrondal (RHS) book on multilevel and gee modelling is 
rather applied and does not explain the background. You may read the 
section on intraclass correlation in RHS page 8 or Snijders&Bosker(1999) 
Multilevel Analysis. chap. 3

I found these sources helpful as well:
- Localio AR, Berlin JA, Ten Have TR, Kimmel SE. “Adjustments for Center 
in Multicenter Studies: An Overview.” Annals of Internal Medicine 2001; 
135:112-123
-http://www.academyhealth.org/2005/pdf/localioar.pdf

Sebastian

Fernando Augusto Proietti schrieb:


> Dear Sebastian and Anders,
>
> Thank you for your answer. I have the book you mentioned.
>
> To give you more information. My data is cross-sectional. I am 
> planning in the future, to conducted some multilevel (2 levels) analysis.
>
> Right now, I am planning to conduct "contextual analysis", something 
> like that:
>
> Self-rated health ( 3 categories) = x1 + x2 + x3 + x4 + x5
>
> Where, for example,
>
> x1 = age of the participant
>
> x2 = sex of the participant
>
> x3 = individual income
>
> x4 = Average income for the Census tract i
>
> x5 = ratio male:female, census tract i
>
> Actually, what I will be doing is to append characteristics of the 
> groups to which individuals belong to an individual level analysis.
>
> As I wrote in the previous e-mail, I am looking for some Stata routine 
> that are able to deal with what some authors report as " the residual 
> correlation between outcomes within groups that may persist after 
> accounting for individual-level and group-level variables included in 
> the analysis" (For example: Kawachi I, Berkman L. Neighborhood and 
> health. Chapter 3: The
> examination of neighborhood effects on health: conceptual and 
> methodological issues related to the presence of multiple levels of 
> organization. Oxford University Press,. 2003).
>
> If you could direct me to any chapter in the Rabe-Hesketh and Skrondal 
> book would be super !
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Fernando A Proietti
>
>
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