A latent class model for obesity |
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| Authors: | William Greene Mark N Harris Bruce Hollingsworth Pushkar Maitra |
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| Institution: | 1. Economics Department, Stern Business School, New York University, United States;2. School of Economics and Finance, Curtin University, Australia;3. Division of Health Research, Lancaster University, United Kingdom;4. Department of Economics, Monash University, Australia |
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| Abstract: | We extend the discrete data latent class literature by explicitly defining a latent variable for class membership as a function of both observables and unobservables, thereby allowing the equations defining the class membership and observed outcomes to be correlated. The procedure is then applied to modelling observed obesity outcomes, based upon an underlying ordered probit equation. |
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| Keywords: | Latent class Class membership Obesity |
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